The Art of Executive Protection [Hardcover]

Robert L. Oatman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1561673846 | ISBN-13: 978-1561673841 | Publication Date: June 1997 | Edition: First Edition

This book on executive protection tells how to live, work, and travel safely in this dangerous world. It provides top tips for users and providers of personal protection, a life-saving service that helps protectees work and play with peace of mind. The author describes a smart, sensible approach to protecting businesspeople, prominent families, wealthy persons, celebrities, and others whose life styles make them a target.

The book is highly recommended by business executives, politicians, military officers, security specialists, diplomats, and law enforcement executives around the world.

The Art of Executive Protection employs the doctrines of Sun Tzu, the ancient Chinese military strategist who taught that one must plan secretly, move surreptitiously, and foil the enemy's intentions to win the day without shedding blood. That is the essence of executive protection (EP): avoiding conflict through intelligent, proactive thinking.

Learn an intelligent--and vital--framework for reducing the risks of kidnapping, workplace violence, hijacking, robbery, fire, injury, eavesdropping, automobile crashes, and other dangers.

Considering an EP career? Discover how to get started and succeed. Think you might need protection? Learn how to determine that need and how to avoid a "bodyguard" and find a professional EP specialist.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

This book gets high marks for authoritativeness and relevance. Robert Oatman is a highly regarded leader in executive protection, and the importance of that field becomes more obvious every day. Gianni Versace and Princess Diana are not the only people who could have benefited from better protection. Business travelers, people who are relatively well-off financially, and people who are recognizable to potential wrongdoers . . . all can gain from learning about the advantages of executive protection. Anyone considering a career in providing executive protection should also read the book.

From the Author

With this book, I hope to help protectees stay alive and well. I also hope to help current and prospective executive protection specialists gain a view into the right way to provide protection. It's important to note that this book isn't about burly "bodyguards" who spin their tires and knock people over. Instead, it's about well-trained, professional protection specialists and their intelligent use of threat assessment, intelligence gathering, transportation, choreography, advance work, 10-minute medicine, resources, technology, and support.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: R.L. Oatman & Associates Inc.; First Edition edition (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561673846
• ISBN-13: 978-1561673841
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #846,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive Professional manual, January 2, 2002

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Richard P Barnes - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Executive Protection (Hardcover)

As someone who works in the field of executive Protection, for the past 7 years in Algeria, I found this book both educational and entertaining.
A lot of the books published about this field of work appear to be targeted at people who have watched the film bodyguard and are attracted to the profession for the glamour in my opinion.
For this reason it is rare I purchase a book on the subject. I made an exception in this case as it was recommended by another professional in the field, and was more than pleasantly surprised by the quality of the contents.
My father once said if you only learn one thing from a book, it has been worth buying, I learned a lot from this book, and in my opinion it is worth its weight in gold...

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An inside look at the REAL world of executive protection, September 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Art of Executive Protection (Hardcover)

As a guidebook for protection specialists or a primer for developing your own corporate protection program, Mr. Oatman has supplied the foundation necessary to make the right decisions. Everything from planning proper "advance" work to putting the principle to bed at the end of the day, Oatman leaves nothing to chance. All the myths of the professional bodyguard are destroyed, paving the way for the new mindset of executive protector. No longer the gorilla in an ill fitting suit, the modern protector could very well be the executive assistant, and often is.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Talking the talk and walking the walk!, December 26, 1999

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Mark Courtney (Johannesburg, South Africa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Art of Executive Protection (Hardcover)

My reluctance to purchase a book on executive protection was finally overcome when hearing of Mr. Oatmans work. As a Director and operator of South Africa's premier executive protection company I am happy to say the the man has hit the nail on the head. I highly recommend this work to both newcommers and seasoned operators in this amazing industry. It should also be compulsory reading for the security managers of every large corporate in the world - well done for putting a lot of professionals thoughts into writing -Sir!