Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator

Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator | Gary Noesner

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Just an absolutely very interesting account of the development of hostage negotiation techniques over the course of Noesner‘s career with the FBI. I learned more about the development of this field of work than I expected to, and found that particularly interesting. Noesner doesn‘t scrimp on the inside goss on all the hostage crises/sieges we all want to know about. A+ audio.

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Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator | Gary Noesner

Just finished watching this on Netflix. I went on Amazon to order 2 books (1 that the show is based on) and they are sold out! Guess everyone else had the same idea.

LoverOfLearning The Waco siege is described really well in this tagged book. It's well-written and one of my favorite autobiographies. I think you'll like it.

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BookKenz I did the same thing! @LoverOfLearning Thanks for this information - I'll have to check it out! 5y

audraelizabeth I watched it. Im not sure i could read about it. I read black hawk down and wanted to throw the book a lot. 5y

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rather_be_reading @LoverOfLearning ty! 5y

rather_be_reading @Kenziejo haha i guess we all had the same idea 5y

rather_be_reading @audraelizabeth it just adds depth and im sure there were many details they cut out 5y

audraelizabeth @rather_be_reading Probably, they usually do. 5y

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Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage Negotiator | Gary Noesner

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Interesting audio on Noesner's experience as an FBI hostage negotiator -- both for his personal experiences in high stakes situations as well as for the lessons that apply in everyday life -- keep focused on your end goal, don't mistake revenge for your actual goal, and sometimes buying time puts you in a better spot. Solid read.

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