About the Book
The sitting chairman of the US House Homeland Security Committee details the most pressing threats to our country, based on his deep knowledge of our national security readiness, and advocates for the action needed to protect us from them.
America is overwrought with fear. Serial killers, terrorist groups, nuclear attacks, deadly pandemics-every day a new headline hits, warning of the next inevitable catastrophe that will bring the country to ruins. The media fans embers of threats into fires that stir the entire nation into terror. But little do the American people know, the most real and imminent dangers to the country are the ones we've heard about the least and are doing the least about.
Congressman Michael McCaul, the sitting chairman of the US House Homeland Security Committee, has spent years in Washington watching the administration turn a blind eye to the most pressing possible threats to the country. Now, in Failures of Imagination- The Deadliest Threats to Our Homeland--and How to Thwart Them, McCaul turns away from the over-sensationalized, unrealistic fears circulated through the media in order to expose the most legitimate and looming national security threats, which have long been swept under the rug by the administration. In stunning detail, McCaul depicts the truth behind these hazards that are closer than we realize-from well-researched patterns that depict the issue's growing urgency, to the past responses (or lack thereof) from the administration-and provides potential solutions for the government to take in order to keep Americans safe.
As the 2016 presidential election quickly approaches, Americans must turn their attention to these real and present dangers, and demand an administration that will combat them with the seriousness and urgency they require.
About the Author :
Congressman MICHAEL MCCAUL represents the state of Texas as a Republican in the US House of Representatives. Born in 1962 and raised in Dallas, he attended San Antonio's Trinity University, and then Harvard. He was elected to Congress in 2005, and then appointed the chaiman of the Committee on Homeland Security in 2013.
Review :
"Congressman Mike McCaul has become one of our nation's leading experts on homeland security. This excellent book gives us a very us a very useful analysis of dangers we face and the things we must do to prepare ourselves for the challenges presented to us."
--Rudy Giuliani, Former Mayor of New York City "A critically important book that every American should read. Congressman McCaul has captured the very real threats facing our Homeland, the factors that have contributed to them, and, most important, what we should do about them. A work of non-fiction, the book reads like a spy thriller. A reader will not be able to put it down."
-Michael Morell, Former Acting Director and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and author of The Great War of Our Time
"Threats to the homeland didn't end with 9/11. To stop future threats, you have first to envision them. Chairman McCaul does that vividly."
- Richard Clarke, Former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism
"Chairman Michael McCaul shows in careful detail how the evil that still exists in the world can quickly and stealthily visit destruction on the United States, its people and its friends. With its eight frightening (but very plausible) scenarios, Failures of Imagination should be must reading for anyone responsible for or just concerned about American security in a turbulent time."
-Michael Hayden, General, USAF (retired), Former Director of CIA and NSA
"Wow! Scared straight is a phrase I would use to describe Failures of Imagination. If lack of imagination failed us on 9/11, 2001, this book, Failures of Imagination, should make all of us sit up straight and take stock in what we are failing to do against, what I personally know is a vicious assault on our way of life. Homeland Security Chairman Mike McCaul's book fills an important gap in the threats to our homeland better than all of our intelligence agencies and law enforcement services combined. The threats and scenarios presented are real and they are here in our country. Take notice, danger ahead."
- Michael T. Flynn, Lieutenant General, United States Army (Retired), Chairman & CEO of Flynn Intel Group, Inc.
Congressman Mike McCaul has become one of our nation s leading experts on homeland security. This excellent book gives us a very us a very useful analysis of dangers we face and the things we must do to prepare ourselves for the challenges presented to us.
Rudy Giuliani, Former Mayor of New York City
"A critically important book that every American should read. Congressman McCaul has captured the very real threats facing our Homeland, the factors that have contributed to them, and, most important, what we should do about them. A work of non-fiction, the book reads like a spy thriller. A reader will not be able to put it down.
Michael Morell, Former Acting Director and Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and author of "The Great War of Our Time"
Threats to the homeland didn t end with 9/11. To stop future threats, you have first to envision them. Chairman McCaul does that vividly.
Richard Clarke, Former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism
Chairman Michael McCaul shows in careful detail how the evil that still exists in the world can quickly and stealthily visit destruction on the United States, its people and its friends. With its eight frightening (but very plausible) scenarios, "Failures of Imagination" should be must reading for anyone responsible for or just concerned about American security in a turbulent time.
Michael Hayden, General, USAF (retired), Former Director of CIA and NSA
Wow! Scaredstraightis a phrase I would use to describe "Failures of Imagination." If lack of imagination failed us on 9/11, 2001, this book, "Failures of Imagination," should make all of us sit upstraightand take stock in what we are failing to do against, what Ipersonally know is aviciousassault on our way of life. Homeland Security Chairman Mike McCaul s book fills an important gap in the threats to our homeland betterthan all of our intelligence agencies and law enforcement services combined. The threats and scenarios presented are real and they are here in our country. Take notice, danger ahead.
Michael T. Flynn, Lieutenant General, United States Army (Retired), Chairman & CEO of Flynn Intel Group, Inc."
