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Stalling For Time: My Life As An FBI Hostage Negotiator (2010)

by Gary Noesner(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1400067251 (ISBN13: 9781400067251)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Random House

review 1: I found this book absolutely fascinating. It was like being a fly on the wall in a room you would never be allowed into. Gary Noesner does a great job of infusing the story of his career with specific situations, the details of which are harrowing and sad. His account of the Waco debacle were frustrating but so, so interesting. I cannot imagine the frustration of having your delicate negotiations shattered by those who are supposed to be on your team. Very interesting to get the details behind the headlines and images on TV. I could not put this book down and I recommed it to anyone looking for something different to read.
review 2: Inside look at FBI hostage negotiations from the man who was first to run the bureau’s Crisis Negotiation Unit. Besides l... moreearning about specific hostage situations, he gives a very thoughtful analysis of why working for a peaceful resolution through talking and other strategies works better than relying on brute force alone. He uses his centerpiece story, what went wrong in the Waco disaster, to make his point, and I think does so very effectively. less

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