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The World's Most Dangerous Places
Author	Robert Young Pelton
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Travel Guide, War tourism
Publisher	HarperResource
Publication date	1st edition 1994; 4th edition (May 30, 2000); 5th edition (April 1, 2003)
Media type	Print
Pages	1088
ISBN	0060011602
Followed by	DP Professional Strength

Robert Young Pelton's, The World's Most Dangerous Places is a frequently updated handbook written by Robert Young Pelton and an unusual crew of contributors. Although it is not meant to be used as an actual travel guide like Frommer's, the book's advice to staying alive and the facts about the world's most dystopian countries is still unique in the publishing world.^[2] It continues to be the only non aligned, apolitical, on the ground guide to high risk regions. It is as much a primer on political science as it is a humorous book about the impressive ability for apparently rational humans to routinely plunge their world into chaos and violence.^[3]^[4]

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The first edition came out in 1994 and has gone through 5 editions. The most recent book in the series will be the upcoming DP Professional Strength from HarperResource.

The thick book is divided into three basic parts. The intro is a primer on the basics of staying safe in war zones and high crime areas.

Section	Notes
What is Dangerous	general travel statistics that help tourists assess their travel risks and put things into perspective.
What Danger Awaits the Weary Traveler	Teaches you about the safest mode of transport statistically, including third world airplanes, buses, trains and taxis.
Making the Best of Nasty Situation	Including dealing with terrorist territories, thievery, impoverished countries, political upheaval and more.
Business Travelers	Dangerous places for business travel and dealings with gangsters.
Tourists	Dangerous places for tourists.
Bribes	When to, when not to and how to.
Dangerous Diseases	Covers STDs and AIDS, malaria, worms, Hepatitis AB and C, the fevers, old fashioned diseases and more.
Drugs	Covers cocaine, heroin, cannabis and dangerous drug hotspots.
Getting Arrested.	self explanatory.
Guns	covers different types of weapons.
Intelligence	Safety information for journalists ad writers as well as the traveling public.
Kidnapping	Security resources and kidnap, rescue and extortion insurance.
Land Mines/UXO	more than you ever wanted to know about land mine dangers.
Mercenaries	Hiring them, using them and surviving them
Military and Paramilitary Organizations	dealing with military rule.
Terrorism	Staying as safe as possible in terrorist situations.
Adventure Calls	Adventures

The second section is a country by country breakdown of what Pelton considers to be the most dangerous places. It usually includes about 26 countries or regions including the US. They would then be broken down to a rating of 5 stars to 1 star.

The final and third element of this book (besides web links, addresses and even cell phone numbers for terrorist and rebel leaders) are the stories of what it is like for Pelton and his band of DP'ers to be in the middle of some of the planets most brutal events. They freely tell the reader how they got in, who they met and many of their failures. The book is a favorite of correspondents, military, NGO's, the US State Department, and is used by a number of intelligence agencies due to its access to the world's rebel groups.

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Come Back Alive website with list of the most dangerous places in the world

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^ "Robert Young Pelton" (HTML). PBS. 2004-03-24. http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200403/20040324.html. Retrieved 2009-04-08. "His New York Times bestseller, The World's Most Dangerous Places, is an underground classic in the CIA"
^ Author Robert Young Pelton with Raul Reyes (2007). "Book advises how to survive in trouble spots" (HTML). CNN News. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TRAVEL/NEWS/03/02/danger.side/index.html. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
^ Daintry Duffy (2007). "Robert Young Pelton: The World's Most Dangerour Places" (HTML). CXO Media Inc.. http://www.csoonline.com/article/print/219645. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
^ "The Ultimate Emergency Kit Interview with Robert Young Pelton" (HTML). publicradio.org. 2004. http://savvytraveler.publicradio.org/show/features/1999/19990109/interview.shtml. Retrieved 2009-04-08.

[pbs20040324-0] "Robert Young Pelton" (HTML). PBS. 2004-03-24. http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200403/20040324.html. Retrieved 2009-04-08. "His New York Times bestseller, The World's Most Dangerous Places, is an underground classic in the CIA"

[cnn_2001.29-1] Author Robert Young Pelton with Raul Reyes (2007). "Book advises how to survive in trouble spots" (HTML). CNN News. http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TRAVEL/NEWS/03/02/danger.side/index.html. Retrieved 2009-04-08.

[CSO-2] Daintry Duffy (2007). "Robert Young Pelton: The World's Most Dangerour Places" (HTML). CXO Media Inc.. http://www.csoonline.com/article/print/219645. Retrieved 2009-04-08.

[publicradio-3] "The Ultimate Emergency Kit Interview with Robert Young Pelton" (HTML). publicradio.org. 2004. http://savvytraveler.publicradio.org/show/features/1999/19990109/interview.shtml. Retrieved 2009-04-08.

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