How to Survive a Crisis

''David Omand is exactly the man you need in a crisis'' Rory Stewart

''An extraordinary achievement. Probably the best book ever written on crisis management'' Christopher Andrew, author of Defence of the Realm

We never know when a crisis might explode. Some ''sudden impact'' events, such as terrorist attacks or natural disasters, blow up out of a clear blue sky. Other ''slow burn'' crises smoulder away for years, often with warning signs ignored along the way until, as if from nowhere, the troops storm the palace.

In How to Survive a Crisis, Professor Sir David Omand draws on his experience in defence, security and intelligence, including as Director of GCHQ and UK Security and Intelligence Coordinator, to show how you can detect a looming crisis and extinguish it (or at least survive it with minimum loss).

Using gripping real-world examples from Omand''s storied career, and drawing lessons from historic catastrophes such as Chernoby