Risk Revolution: The Threat Facing America and Technology's Promise for a Safer Tomorrow

By Derek V. Smith

We are at a critical moment in American history; our right to privacy is seemingly at odds with our nation's security needs in the post-September 11th world, a tension that is at the heart of this book.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563527340
• ISBN13: 9781563527340
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Wake Up Call

This book will make you think, even if you don't really want to. When the newspapers are filled with fear mongering from the left about a loss of civil liberties, Smith makes a good case as to why if we don't do something to take advantage of new technologies, we'll lose the very rights the left claim to be protecting. Anytime you can get Steve Brill, Orin Hatch and the privacy lobby all on the same page...you're doing something right.

RIVETING.....

If you want to know more about the post-9/11 world in which we live in today and the kinds of threats that endanger our very way of life, then you must read this book. If you care about balancing your personal privacy with our national security, then you must read this book. And if you want to know how technology can mitigate these risks, then read this book. The subject matter deals with issues surrounding safety, security and privacy, but not in a "duct-tape and plastic" sort of way. This book offers a new way of thinking about our national security as well as our personal security concerns. And the fact that it is written with passion and conviction by the CEO of a data analysis company only adds to the intrigue of this book. It's a real eye-opener!