Fear Less: Real Truth about Risk, Safety, and Security in a Time of Terrorism


Gavin de Becker's landmark book The Gift Of Fear showed millions of readers how to better protect themselves from violence and unwarranted fear. Now, in Fear Less, de Becker answers the questions many Americans have been asking since September 11th:
  • Can air travel be safe?
  • What is the risk of biological or chemical attack?
  • Can the government detect and prevent future acts?
  • How can we best talk to our children about what has happened and what might happen?
  • What can we do to reduce fear and worry?
  • What specific steps can we take to reduce terrorism?
  • What are terrorists likely to do next?
  • Most simply, is everything going to be all right?

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.

Author(s): Gavin De Becker  

ISBN 10: 0641531389
ISBN 13: 9780641531385
Pages: 240
Format: Audiobook
Publication: 1/4/2002
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Other books by Gavin De Becker

1. El Valor Del Miedo Paperback (2002/07/01)
2. Fear Less: Real Truth About Risk, Safety, and Security in a Time of Terrorism Audio (January 2002)
3. Fear Less: Real Truth about Risk, Safety, and Security in a Time of Terrorism Hardcover (2002/12/01)
4. Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence Hardcover (January 1997)
5. Protecting the Gift : Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (And Parents Sane) Hardcover (1999/08/01)
6. Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane) Paperback (May 2000)
7. The Gift of Fear Paperback (May 1999)
8. The Gift of Fear (1997/08/01)
9. The Gift of Fear Paperback (1998)
10. The Gift of Fear : Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence Paperback (2000)
11. The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us From Violence Mass Market Paperback (May 1998)
12. The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that Protect Us from Violence (June 1997)

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