Our Own Worst Enemy Asking the Right Questions About Security to Protect You, Your Family, and America by Randall Larsen
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Book Description

In this critical and provocative examination of the deficiencies and oversights in homeland security, a leading expert reveals what individual citizens, communities, and business leaders can do to best prepare for the most dangerous threats.

Former Air Force colonel Randall J. Larsen has dedicated his career to keeping America safe. The man whom many consider to be the foremost expert on homeland security now believes that America's government and citizens often stand in the way of their own safety-by asking the wrong questions. With the specter of ever-growing, dangerous threats, this is a crucial book for every family.

Provocative and enlightening, Our Own Worst Enemy offers a meticulous examination of the key issues that contribute to national security, such as the economy, border protection and immigration, and national health care. Larsen explains why the government is not prepared to help us in a time of crisis, and his strict assessment will have you asking the right questions. Most important, he shows what every citizen, community, and business must do to protect themselves.

About the Author

Colonel Randall J. Larsen USAF

Colonel Randall J. Larsen, USAF (Ret)is the director of the Institute for Homeland Security, a senior associate at the Center for Biosecurity, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and the cohost of public radio's Homeland Security: Inside and Out. Colonel Larsen served for thirty-two years in the Army and Air Force. His assignments ranged from duty as a nineteen-year-old Cobra pilot in the 101ST Airborne Division, with whom he flew 400 combat missions in Vietnam, to command of America's fleet of VIP aircraft at Andrews AFB, MD, and chairman of the Department of Military Strategy and Operations at the National War College.

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