Safe: The Race to Protect Ourselves in a Newly Dangerous World

by Martha Baer, Evan Ratliff, Katrina Heron, et al.

Book Overview

If our society is the most technologically sophisticated on Earth, then why can't we protect ourselves from terrorists and other threats to our safety and security? This is the question that frustrates--and scares--all of us today, and the answers have proved maddeningly elusive. Until now. Through dramatic, enlightening, and often entertaining narratives, SAFE makes visible--and understandable--the high-stakes work being done by some of the most...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060577150
• ISBN13: 9780060577155
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Well thought out plans for today

This is an excellent book to inform persons with above average intellect regarding modern technology's ability to keep us safer in today's world. Every chapter is interesting and, it seemed, every sentence is packed with information. The book approaches safety from many different areas, and probably every person interested in the overall topic will say "Ah, I didn't think of that." Take your time reading this one, as there is so much information regarding the people and their ideas in several areas. My possible only complaint was there may have been too much information to digest - my reason for only giving it a four...

All the high-level risks and efforts to protect the public

It's difficult to easily peg the appropriate place for Safe: The Race To Protect Outselves In A Newly Dangerous World. It is equally important to health libraries, political and social science collections, and surveys of terrorism. It's the first to explore the work being done around the world in areas of security and defense, and the mechanisms which might thwart efforts to increase safety in the world. Safety covers all the high-level risks and efforts to protect the public in a post-911 world.

What We Should Know About Our Methods for Combatting Terror

For the reader interested, but not expert in technologies, this is a fascinating account of the wide range of methods available or under development for combatting the terrorist threat. Some of the information is quite surprising, revealing the inadequacies of some conventional wisdom about appropriate ways of preventing or responding to terrorist attacks and ways in which we fail to take full advantage of familiar tools. Most impressive is the eminently readable manner by which the authors have made many advanced technologies and systems understandable to the lay reader. This will be a valuable reference book to assist the reader in the future to process news and discussions of public policy.

Interesting Information!

This book is filled with fascinating facts about our attempts to stop terrorism. I would like to thank the wonderful people that we read about in this book for making our country a safer place!