De Becker says, "Just as your imagination has placed you in frightening situations, it is now time to place yourself in empowering situations, time to see that you have a role to play, and contrary to so many TV news stories, it isnit just victim-in-waiting."
Fear Less offers specific recommendations that can enhance our national security and our individual safety ð and help put fear into perspective. Nobody in the world understands risk and safety better than Gavin de Becker. At a time of uncertainty, terrorism, and a whole new set of rules, it is hard to imagine a more important, more reassuring, and more necessary book than Fear Less.
Author Biography: Gavin de Becker is widely considered America's leading expert on predicting and managing violent behavior. He advises such clients as the C.I.A. and the United States Supreme Court, and his 70-member firm has protected clients from terrorism in Israel, Southern Africa, Europe, and South America. Thisthree-time presidential appointee designed the assessment systems used to screen threats to all federal judges and the governors of eleven states, and his work has changed the way the U. S. government protects its highest officials. Mr. de Becker is a Senior Fellow at UCLA is School of Public Policy and Social Research.
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