When Violence Is the Answer: Learning How to Do What It Takes When Your Life Is at Stake

. But when it is-it's the only answer. The sound of breaking glass downstairs in the middle of the night. Through a series of harrowing true-life stories, Larkin demonstrates that violence is a tool equally effective in the hands of the "bad guy" or the "good guy"; that the person who acts first, fastest and with the full force of their body is the one who survives; and that each and every one of us is capable of being that person when our lives are at stake. The words, "Move and you die." The hands on your child, or the knife to your throat. An indispensable resource, When Violence is the Answer will remain with you long after you've finished reading, as the bedrock of your self-protection skills and knowledge. In this essential new book, self-protection expert and former military intelligence officer Tim Larkin changes the way we think about violence in order to save our lives. In a civilized society, violence is rarely the answer. By deconstructing our assumptions about violence-its morality, its function in modern society, how it actually works-Larkin unlocks the shackles of our own taboos and arms us with what we need to know to prevent, prepare for, and survive the unthinkable event of life-or-death violence

He lives in Las Vegas, NV. Over the course of his 25-year career, through his company Target Focus Training (TFT), he has trained more than 10,000 people in more than 50 countries how to deal with imminent violence, including elite combat units, celebrities and high-status executives, law enforcement agencies, and high-net worth families. As a former military intelligence officer, he was part of a beta group that redesigned how Special Operations personnel trained for close combat

This book makes us confront issues most of us do our best to ignore. As a thriller writer, I can promise you won't be able to put this book down, and as someone who has taken Tim's courses and used his teachings to make himself and his family safer in the world, I can promise this book will do the same for you."Barry Eisler, New York Times bestselling author"Tim Larkin has lived his life in the dark places that many people don't care to go. Dave Grossman, author of On Killing and Assassination Generation"Tim Larkin is one of the most insightful violence and self-defense instructors I've ever known, and When Violence Is The Answer is a distillation and expansion of his quarter century's work in the field. He's worked with the very tip of the spear of our military, including units whose missions will never see the light of day. Tim Larkin ha