Part important warning, part riveting memoir, former National Security Advisor Anthony Lake paints six terrifying scenarios that threaten our country's safety & shows how the government is prepared to face them - & how it is not.Though we live in a time of peace, serious threats to our national security lie just beyond the horizon. In Six Nightmares, former National Security Advisor Anthony Lake examines six major threats to America's safety that could arise from global terrorism, the proliferation of nuclear weapons & other serious risks. Weaving in firsth& views of key recent decisions, he shows how these threats could become real, how the government is prepared to face them & the alarming ways in which it is not.