Seconds to Live or Die

We never know when violence might be visited upon us—at home, in the workplace, atschool—anywhere. Crime, sexual assaults, threats to our children, and terroristattacks are all part of the global landscape. There are concrete measures anyone cantake to mitigate danger and if necessary, to fight like a sociopath to defeat asociopath. Robert Montgomery wrote Seconds to Live or Die to help you prevail in theface of unexpected violence. Drawing on his experiences as a career CIA officer,Robert offers up proven methods in self-protection for you and your family at home,on the street, and abroad. By practicing what you read in this book, you can learnto control fear, hone your situational awareness, and when the unimaginable happens,cycle through denial, deliberation, and into action to effectively fight for yourlife—irrespective of gender, experience, or physical ability. In violence, everyfraction of a second can mean the difference between finding yourself above dirt—orsix feet under.