Spotting Danger for Travelers: Build Situational Awareness to Keep Safe While Traveling - Hardcover

by Gary Dean Quesenberry (Author), Tony Blauer (Foreword by)

This book Spotting Danger for Travelers is geared towards the traveler/s who at any moment could find themselves faced with a violent encounter but may lack the training needed to detect the situation early or react to it appropriately.

• Written in a manner that can be easily understood by the average citizen who may lack any formal training in the areas of situational awareness and personal safety.


• Breaks the information into three easy to follow phases.
  
  
  
  • PREDEPARTURE includes planning, threat assessments, home security, intel briefing, equipment, and thing to avoid.
  
  
  • TRAVELING includes, switching on situational awareness, and security considerations.
  
  
  • ARRIVAL includes on-site security, communication, area familiarization, cultural awareness, blending in, spotting danger, contingency planning, maintaining control, heading home, and post-travel considerations.
  
  
  
  


• Criminals pick their victims (soft targets) in under a minute and base it largely on the victim's body language. Learn to change body language and be seen as a hard target.


• The author is someone who has traveled the world as a government agent (a federal air marshal) and made a career of situational awareness.