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When Violence Is the Answer

Learning How to Do What It Takes When Your Life Is at Stake

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When Violence Is the Answer

By: Tim Larkin
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This book could save your life: Protect yourself from violence and learn survival skills for dangerous situations with this essential guide from a former military intelligence officer.

In a civilized society, violence is rarely the answer. But when it is - it's the only answer.

The sound of breaking glass downstairs in the middle of the night.

The words "move and you die".

The hands on your child, or the knife to your throat.

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. 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. 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.

An indispensable resource, When Violence Is the Answer will remain with you long after you've finished listening, as the bedrock of your self-protection skills and knowledge.

©2017 Tim Larkin (P)2017 Hachette Audio
Social Sciences Violence in Society Self-Defense Thought-Provoking Inspiring
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"I love books that challenge conventional wisdom. This book makes us confront issues most of us do our best to ignore. Tim Larkin has written a necessary and important book that gives a good hard look at topics - violence, chaos, fighting - that most people don't want to think about. You should read it - and then you should give it out as a gift to the people you care most about because this book could very well save their lives." (Tony Robbins, number-one New York Times best-selling author of Unshakeable and Money: Master the Game)
"Excellent! In every way - from the opening, to the conclusion, to all the solid lifesaving, life-changing information in between - this book is solid gold." (Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, author of On Killing and Assassination Generation)
"A timely survival manual for life in a strange era....Just the attitude to adopt...Larkin provides some useful nuggets for these fraught times." ( Kirkus)
Practical Self-defense Advice • Compelling Real-life Stories • Engaging Narration • Clear Violence Mindset • Smooth Reading
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The book has a lot of information I wouldn’t have thought of. The insight from the different prisoners was pretty eye opening.

Great information

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Great advice for helping to avoid being a victim, despite the trials and tribulations this sometimes dangerous world presents.

Great advice ...

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i loved this book. i got a lot of useful information on violence. i will recommend to my friends and family

great book for self protection

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This book was well-paced, informative, and very enlightening. It is a must read for any of us in this troubled world.

Excellent read

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This is a good book for the regular person. Highly recommended (pair this book with a real self-defense school to be prepared for violence in the real world. Beware of McDojos.)to anyone wanting to learn how to protect themselves or their families. Training in real techniques of violence and then learning the principles behind those techniques is paramount! This books helps you do that. It’s ok to be violent against a violent attacker!

Good information...

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This really is a fantastic book. I recommend this book to everyone I know. The author did a great job narrating as well.

fantastic book

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This book will help you understand how to use violence as your last resort for survival. I believe this book should be read by every woman out there.

Great book everyone must read!

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I wasn’t sure if this was something I would be interested in but it caught my attention and kept it. It gave me a different perspective on violence that I will consider from here on out. Definitely will revisit this one!

Kept My Interest

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This was a very informative audio book.

Thank you for your dedication and research and for allowing us the reader to learn.

Soto.

Never better

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A must read. Read by the author. I highly recommend that you take the live course.

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