Jeffrey D. Simon is an internationally renowned author, lecturer, and consultant on terrorism and political violence. He is president of Political Risk Assessment Company, Inc., and a visiting lecturer in the Department of Political Science at UCLA. A former RAND analyst, Simon has conducted research and analysis on terrorism for more than thirty years, lecturing on terrorism at universities, with law enforcement and military personnel, emergency services, and the medical community in the United States and overseas. Simon is the author of three critically acclaimed books, The Alphabet Bomber, Lone Wolf Terrorism, and The Terrorist Trap. His latest book, America's Forgotten Terrorists: The Rise and Fall of the Galleanists will be published in May 2022. His writings on terrorism, political violence, and political risk have appeared the Journal of the American Medical Association, Foreign Policy, Jane's Intelligence Review, and the New York Times, he is on the editorial board of the Journal of Terrorism and Political Violence, and he has appeared as a guest expert on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS Sunday Morning, NPR, New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, among other programs. His website is www.futureterrorism.com.
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"If you are looking for a great historical read you can't go wrong with Jeffrey D. Simon's The Bulldog Detective. It is said that there are eight million stories in New York. Simon's biography of the Damon Runyon-type, larger-than-life character William Flynn is certainly one of those stories, lost in the dustbin of early 20th-century history until now. His story makes for even more compelling, relevant, and entertaining reading in the first quarter of the 21st century. It will hold your interest from beginning to end." - Bill Bratton, former NYPD and LAPD Commissioner "It's amazing that until now we've not had a biography of William J. Flynn. Policeman, spy-hunter, pulp author and all-round showman, he is one of the liveliest characters onstage in early twentieth-century America. Jeffrey D. Simon has told the story of his colorful life with both care and verve." - Adam Hochschild, New York Times-bestselling author of American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis "The Bulldog Detective is a turn-of-the-century true-life American crime story that has it all - spies, Mafia thugs, corrupt police, assassination attempts, and an affecting family saga to boot. I was hooked from the first page and kept reading through the night. William J. Flynn was a forgotten hero until Jeffrey D. Simon 'discovered' him. But thanks to Simon's compelling book, this great American sleuth and his many exploits will finally receive the recognition they amply deserve." -Howard Blum, New York Times-bestselling author of American Lightning and Dark Invasion