This book takes the reader beyond a preoccupation with predicting terrorist attacks and waging war on climate change to a posture of preparedness in the face of attacks and more frequent natural disasters. Dane Egli, a former senior Coast Guard and White House homeland security official, explains the idea of resilience, which brings a focus on systematic responses and investments that sustain readiness and address aging infrastructures. Drawing from significant case studies and interviews, this book moves beyond counterterrorism, a quest for better first responder equipment, and a fixation on grant proposals to a holistic analysis and implementation of mitigation, response, and recovery efforts. The recent tornadoes, regional flooding, wild fires, Boston marathon bombing, and Navy Yard shooting expose the difficulty of predicting or eliminating attacks and disasters. A new focus on functional resilience, interagency collaboration, and collective action is examined and developed. Building upon lessons of the 9/11 attacks, hurricane Katrina, Deepwater Horizon oil spill, superstorm Sandy, and Japan"s Fukushima disaster, the author provides a distinctive foundation for regional preparedness and implementation of critical infrastructure resilience. This book will help a new generation of leaders understand the need for smart resilience amidst unprecedented uncertainty and complexity. The book has been endorsed by Admiral Thad Allen (wrote the Foreword) who was the Principal Federal Officer for Hurricane Katrina response and National Incident Commander for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. It has also been endorsed by Ryan Crocker (former ambassador to Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait, Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan), Stephen Hadley (former National Security Advisor), and Admiral James Loy (former USCG Commandant and Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security).