A collection of books with links that I recommend for anyone serious about personal protection and self-defense On Combat, The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect The War of Art Facing Violence: Preparing for the Unexpected Verbal Judo, Updated Edition: The Gentle Art of Persuasion The Moral Animal: Why We Are the Way We Are: The New Science of Evolutionary Psychology Without Saying a Word When Violence Is the Answer: Learning How to Do What It Takes When Your Life Is at Stake What Every BODY Is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent’s Guide to Speed-Reading People Left of Bang: How the Marine Corps’ Combat Hunter Program Can Save Your Life The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined Violence of Mind: Training and Preparation for Extreme Violence Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It