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Fear Less
Real Truth About Risk, Safety, and Security in a Time of Terrorism
by Gavin de Becker, Gavin de Becker
List Price: 19.95


Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1 (January 2002)
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The Illusion of Powerlessness
Soon all the planning would pay off and this odd double life would come to an end. A few people in the Florida cell had actually enjoyed living as Americans, but during refresher training in Europe, they were reminded that the United States was against

The Illusion of Powerlessness, Part 2
Skulking among the frightening outcomes you could conjure was one you'd never even considered: the weaponizing of jetliners. What do you do with that? While those afraid of flying can choose to stay off planes, it isn't possible for people to avoid all pl

The Illusion of Powerlessness, Part 3
Heroism today is learning about how terrorism works. That's part of your contribution to the nation and to yourself. To do this well, our courage will have to be placed ahead of our denial. With denial, the details we need for the best predictions float


About the Author

Gavin de BeckerGavin de Becker

Davin de Becker, America's leading expert on violence, is the #1 bestselling author of he Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence, which has sold over 225,000 hardcover copies, and Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe. A three-time presidential appointee who has advised the C.I.A. and the U. S. Supreme Court, de Becker has changed the way the United States government protects its highest officials.

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