Gary Quesenberry - Spotting Danger Before It Spots You: Build Situational Awareness To Stay Safe

Y OU HOLD IN YOUR HANDS AN AMAZING BOOK , unlike any other on the subject.

Many good books have been written about the critically important topic of detecting danger and protecting yourself and your loved ones from violence, books like Patrick Van Horne and Jason Rileys Left of Bang and Gavin de Beckers The Gift of Fear. Gary Quesenberry has integrated the best of such leading works with his own world-class expertise to create a uniquely useful resource. A work that is greater than the sum of its parts, and unlike anything else available on this critical topic.

This book also stands out because of Garys incredibly thorough and comprehensive presentation of the main subject of this book: the art of situational awareness, a life-saving ability to spot danger in order to protect ourselves and our loved ones. The many case studies, drills, and exercises provided in this book will help to ensure mastery of this vital survival skill. I have read many books on the subject, and I can honestly say that no one has even come close to matching Spotting Danger Before It Spots You when it comes to teaching situational awareness. This fundamental skill is key to surviving and overcoming the array of threats that confront the average citizen in the world today.

Finally, Gary Quesenberry is uniquely qualified to write this book. As a US federal air marshal, Gary lived and breathed situational awareness as an essential part of his daily life for decades. He has been there and done that. Garys knowledge has been, as he puts it, forged in the fires of real-world experiences. And he now passes that knowledge on to you in a powerful, masterful, and entertaining way, as all great teachers do. With all my heart I encourage you to study and apply the knowledge and techniques in this book to your own life.

As we love our families, as we love our nation, as we love our way of life, we must all rise to the challenges of the age. Armed with the skills taught in this book, you will not need to live in fear; you will live instead in a state of awareness and readiness. You will truly be spotting danger before it spots you.

Dave Grossman

Lt. Colonel, US Army (ret.)

Author of On Killing, On Combat, and Assassination Generation

Director, Killology Research Group, www.killology.com

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman is a former West Point psychology professor, professor of military science, and an Army Ranger Lt. Col. Grossmans work has been translated into many languages, and his books are required or recommended reading in colleges, military academies, and police academies around the world, including the US Marine Corps Commandants reading list and the FBI Academy reading list. His research was cited by the president of the United States in a national address after the Littleton, Colorado, school massacre, and he has testified before the US senate, the US congress, and numerous state legislatures. He has served as an expert witness and consultant in state and Federal courts, including United States v. Timothy McVeigh.

He helped train mental health professionals after the Jonesboro school massacre, and he was also involved in counseling or court cases in the aftermath of the Paducah, Springfield, and Littleton school shootings. He has been called upon to write the entry Aggression and Violence in the Oxford Companion to American Military History, three entries in the Academic Press Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict, and has presented papers before the national conventions of the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. In addition, he has written extensively on the current threat situation, with articles published in the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy and many leading law enforcement journals.