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Why do we remain unprepared for the next terrorist attack or natural disaster?Where are we most vulnerable?How have we allowed our government to be so negligent?Who will keep you and your family safe?Is America living on borrowed time?How can we become a more resilient nation?Americans are in denial when it comes to facing up to how vulnerable our nation is to disaster, be it terrorist attack or act of God. We have learned little from the cataclysms of September 11 and Hurricane Katrina. When it comes to catastrophe, America is living on borrowed time–and squandering it. In this new book, leading security expert Stephen Flynn issues a call to action, demanding that we wake up and prepare immediately for a safer future.The truth is acts of terror cannot always be prevented, and nature continues to show its fury in frighteningly unpredictable ways.