Leading Edge Strategies Header
  • Home
  • Press
  • About
  • Books
    • Textbook / Training Support
    • Recommended Reading
  • Trainings
    • All Services
  • Consulting and Expert Witness
  • Blog
  • Contact

Below is a list of recommended reading for aviation security, airport management, and terrorism.

 

Aviation Security
  1. Violence in the Skies, a history of aircraft hijacking and bombing, Philip Baum, 2016
  2. Airport Warnings: An Airport Policeman Speaks: Herrin, William R., Worden, Nathan, Mueller, Scott T.: 9780692953877: AmazonSmile: Books
  3. Are we safe enough? Measuring and assessing aviation security, John Mueller and Mark Stewart, 2016
  4. Permanent Emergency, inside the TSA and the fight for the future of American security, 2012
  5. Bombers, hijackers, body scanners and jihadists, by Billie H. Vincent, former security director for the FAA, 2012.
  6. General aviation security, aircraft, hangars, fixed-base operations, flight schools and airports, Daniel J. Benney Ph.D., 2013
  7. Practical Airport Operations, Safety and Emergency Management: Protocols for Today and the Future, Jeff Price
  8. Practical Aviation Security – 4th Edition, Jeff Price

 

Terrorism 
1. Chasing ghosts, the policing of terrorism, John Mueller and Mark Stewart, 2016
2. Drones and Terrorism, asymmetric warfare and the threat to global security, Nicholas Grossman, 2018
3. The threat matrix, The FBI at war in the global age of terror, by Garrett M. Graff, 2011.
4. How to be a Super Hero: How to Recognize, Avoid, and Survive Violent Encounters, Assault, and Getting Shot in an Active Shooting, by James Hiromasa, 2017

 

Emergency Management
1. The Unthinkable, who survives disaster and why, Amanda Ripley, 2009
2. Situational Awareness for Emergency Response, Richard Gasaway, 2013
3. America the Vulnerable, Stephen Flynn, 2004
4. Edge of Disaster, Stephen Flynn, 2007
5. Mission Improbable, using fantasy documents to tame disaster, Lee Clark 1999

 

AvGeek Books
1. Images of Aviation – Denver Airports From Stapleton To DIA, Jeff Price co-author, 2018

 

Inspiration
1. Learn to Love The Turbulence, Amelia Rose Earhart – July 2023

From The Blog

Subscribe

Textbook Errata

Contact Jeff

Man dead after accessing a runway at Denver International Airport (DIA) and being struck by plane

by Lisa Haas | May 9, 2026 | Aviation Security, Current Affairs | 0 Comments

Late Friday night, May 9th, a man accessed the airfield at Denver International Airport and was struck and killed by a...
Read More

Practical Aviation Security 3rd Edition Errata and Updates

Read more… 

Practical Airport Operations Errata and Updates

Read more…

Other Textbook Errata and Training Updates

Read more…

Contact for Press Interview

Contact for Speaking

General Inquiries

From X/Twitter

Note: Please visit me on X/Twitter for my latest post.

A year later, the bill proposing to abolish the TSA is sitting in committee taking a very long nap. This is the way Congress quietly disposes of ideas it doesn’t want to touch (S.1180 – Abolish TSA Act of 2025 has been in the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation since March 27). The bill raises an important question: if the TSA were dismantled, what would replace it? The blog article below, written last year, still offers some useful perspective as you consider your own position on the issue.

https://leadingedgestrategies.com/the-unseen-shield-what-we-lose-if-we-dismantle-the-tsa/

#TSA #airportsecurity

©2026 Leading Edge Strategies

Privacy Policy

  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
Add as a preferred source on Google
Add as preferred source on Google