The Essential Guide for Protectors of At-risk People
Think of every assassination you've ever heard about. For most people, a few of these major ones come to mind: Caesar, Abraham Lincoln, John Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Anwar Sadat, John Lennon, Israel’s Prime Minister Rabin, Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto.
From start to finish, all of these attacks — combined — took place in less than one minute. And the hundreds of attacks studied for this book, all of them combined, took place in less than a half-hour. Those thirty minutes, surely the most influential in world history, offer important insights that can help today’s protectors defeat tomorrow’s attackers.
A practical study of attacks.
Just 2 Seconds studies what happens after an assailant commits to action — when planning is over, recognition matters, and every fraction of a second changes the outcome.
The book focuses on events during the attack itself: the instant an adversary reveals intent, the moment Protectors recognize what is happening, and the short race that follows.
Five lessons for the moment when protection matters most.
The book moves from presence, to time, to mental readiness, to space, to the disciplined act of seeing — then expands into a detailed compendium of attacks and practical appendices.
Just 2 Seconds Compendium
GDBA maintains an updated compendium of attacks and near attacks involving at-risk people. The resource extends the cases studied in Just 2 Seconds and supports continuing research into recognition, timing, movement, and protective response.
Protection professionals, researchers, and others with a relevant interest may submit a request for access.
