Dead Clients Don't Pay: The Bodyguard's Manual [Paperback]

Leroy Thompson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1984 | ISBN-10: 0873642872 | ISBN-13: 978-0873642873

Learn from an expert about the glamour, the guns, the hard-core nuts-and-bolts of the bodyguarding profession. Thompson offers strategies that prevent trouble from happening and methods to stop it instantly, including how to check for tampering on an auto, protect the home and office from intrusion, choose weapons for specific threats, assess the threats of high- and low-profile assignments and much more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Paladin Press (March 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873642872
• ISBN-13: 978-0873642873
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #690,608 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Must Read by All Executive Protection Personnels., June 9, 1999

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This review is from: Dead Clients Don't Pay: The Bodyguard's Manual (Paperback)

Even though most of the equipment and weapon information are no longer updated. However, for a book being written over 15 years ago, it is a well worth book to read. The author, Mr. Leroy Thompson is a well educated, and knowledgable person in VIP protection. Extensivec knowledge was given in this book for VIP protection. Some of the practices mentioned within are still being referred by experts today. It would be good if Mr. Thompson interests in writing a second updated version of this book instead of writing articles for VIP protection in various magazines. However, it is well worth to read this book and I would not hesitate to recommend this book to everyone in this business.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars a pleasant but nevertheless outdated 100 page booklet, November 29, 1998

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Roberto C. Magalhaes (Chicago Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Clients Don't Pay: The Bodyguard's Manual (Paperback)

A brief but pleasant to read booklet - entitled as a manual.Needs to update materials since a lot has changed as far as eletronics go since 1984( publishing year). Contents are limited to 7 chapters and many important weapon , tactical and legal issues go uncovered.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than the BIBLE., December 1, 2010

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BA_MO_FO - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dead Clients Don't Pay: The Bodyguard's Manual (Paperback)

I picked up a copy of this book at HPB in Kansas. That is in AMERICA where there are the plenty of VIP and not enough people to protect them like ol' Leroy Thompson(arguably the greatest living man). Upon opening this book you will taken into the hostile world of the bodyguard beginning with an extremely intense basic bodyguard training then transitioning into weaponry and professional assignments. After reading Leroy's work of art you are left with the ability to properly secure an area and take a high profile body through a crowd using low profile using methods that are explained in great detail throughout the book. I would recommend this work to everyone. Even people who can not read because there are some really amazing pictures of him and his mustache just looking B.A. while holding a sweetly crafted gun next to a Bentley. Thanks for you time I hope you find this review helpful.