The Terrorism Survival Guide: 201 Travel Tips on How Not to Become a Victim, Revised and Updated

The Terrorism Survival Guide: 201 Travel Tips on How Not to Become a Victim, Revised and Updated

The Terrorism Survival Guide: 201 Travel Tips on How Not to Become a Victim, Revised and Updated

The Terrorism Survival Guide: 201 Travel Tips on How Not to Become a Victim, Revised and Updated

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Overview

Stay safe with this simple pocket reference
The age of carefree travel is over. The threats of criminal acts and of terrorism, both internationally and domestically, are an all-too-common reality. Last year saw more than fourteen thousand terrorist incidents across the globe—it’s no wonder that people are frightened when they are away from home.

The Terrorism Survival Guide: 201 Travel Tips on How Not to Become a Victim can help take away that fear. The book is an easy-to read pocket guide with hundreds of tips that help take away the worry of business and vacation travels.

These tips are designed for everyone and cover a wide range of topics:
Staying safe at airports
How to protect your luggage
“Low profile” tourism
Traveling with children
What to do if captured

In addition to travel tips, the book gives contact information for US embassies and consulates worldwide, US Customs information, State Department terrorism updates, and TSA guidelines. The Terrorism Survival Guide will make you a wiser, smarter, and safer traveler.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781510714908
Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: 07/18/2017
Edition description: Revised
Pages: 168
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Don Mann’s impressive military resume includes being a decorated combat veteran; corpsman; SEAL special operations technician; jungle survival, desert survival, and arctic survival instructor; small arms weapons, foreign weapons, armed and unarmed defense tactics, and advanced hand-to-hand combat instructor; and Survival, Evade, Resistance, and Escape instructor, in addition to other credentials. He lives in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Introduction 1

1 Terrorism Definitions 9

2 Trip-Planning Tips 13

3 Tips for Protecting Your Luggage 35

4 Tips for Safety at Airports 43

5 Safety Aboard the Airplane, Cruise Ship, Tour Bus 51

6 Safety at Your Destination and While Traveling 55

7 Low-Profile Tourism 69

8 Women Travelers 75

9 If You Become a Victim of a Crime or Hijacking 79

10 Traveling with Children 85

11 U.S. Embassies and Consulates 91

12 Emergency Assistance and Medical Aid 109

13 U.S. Customs and Border Protection 111

14 Government Security, Screening, and No-Fly Lists 113

15 Prohibited items for Airline Travel 129

10 Terrorist Group Profiles Conclusion 137

Conclusion 153

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