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Providing Executive Protection

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This book gives an inside look at what it takes to be an executive protection specialist. Each chapter addresses important issues written by experienced professionals who have drawn from their extensive knowledge and expertise. The information is concise and easy to follow. Executive protection is the ability to keep your principal out of harms way with finesse, graciousness and at the same time maintain the ability to take action if threatened or attacked, information that is explained clearly and directly. The book provides valuable assistance in either getting acquainted with a career in executive protection and/or as a resource for students.

"Strategically thought out and tactically applied" can be considered a maxim in the field of executive protection. Under this light Providing Executive Protection is a global look at the strategy of the Executive Protection Specialist (as opposed to bodyguard). It provides a bird's eye view of many aspects of the profession, written by experts in the field whose credentials lend weight to their essays. The two drawbacks of this book are its brevity and its inconsistent theme. Depth of detail is sacrificed for breadth, with many chapters under ten pages (there is something to be said for this approach). Also, each contributing author sandwiches topical material inbetween his/her introduction and conclusions, reducing the effective size of the book by up to 1/2. Finally, the chapters are inconsistently organized, giving it a "little here, little there" feel. It is a primer book which should stimulate further study in each area touched on. Providing Executive Protection deals with strategy, not tactics (it is not a manual by any means).

This book helped me out with a big delema, I was looking into a job as an Executive Bodyguard and this book realy expland everything to me in great detail. It gives you scenerios that you may go through and tells you the correct way to handle them. For anyone interested in a job with the Secret Service or even just a security guard I highly recomend this book