U.S. Armed Forces Survival Guide

By John Boswell

Book Overview

Get the same survival training that the U.S. military uses for its troops. The U.S. Armed Forces Survival Guide is the only source hikers, campers, explorers or families focused on emergency preparedness will ever need. The U.S. Armed Forces Survial Guide covers everything a modern outdoorsperson needs to know to make it in tough terrain and tense situations, from the psychology of survial and overcoming fear to building a shelter and making it through a natural disaster, such as a hurricane or earthquake. Every kind of environment--from tropical to desert, aquatic to arctic--is covered. Topics include: --how to orienteer with or without a map and a compass --how to cross quicksand, bogs and quagmires --how to signal for help --how to set a fracture and tend a burn --how to forecast weather --how to trap, fish and set snares --how to indentify poisonous plants, insects and animals --how to survive unusual conditions, such as plane crashes and nuclear attacks The U.S. Armed Forces Survival Guide is the most comprehensive and thoroughly tested survival manual ever published.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312331223
• ISBN13: 9780312331221
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Informative

I found this book informative,and useful.Unlike some books on this subject, (survival),the information remains pertinent and applicable.

Survival means 'to live beyond expectation'+

Most people perish,in harsh environments,because they did not understand their surroundings.Hikers gettings lost,boaters caught in bad weather,or accident victims trapped in unforeseen circumstances,could have had better chances of living if they had learned survival skills beforehand.The more knowledge one has the more avenues open-up toward survival.This book was written with all extreme environmental scenarios and conditions in mind.Crisis management is key to survival.Lost hikers could have weathered a bad situation ,if they knew how to build a proper shelter and knew which plants were edible from the poisonous types.Five different conditions are discussed.Surviving the Tropics,Desert,Cold Climates,Oceanic Sea,and Unusual Conditions.Unusual situations such as ,procedures for plane crashs,nuclear attack and the various natural disasters.There are also five appendix topics discussed,global poisonous snakes,preparing a survival kit,your ideal first-aid kit,making survival weapons,and reading orientation charts .If you're preparing for a journey,expect the unexpected.I would recommend reading this survivalist book first,and then taking a copy along on your trek.This book reminds me of an advanced boy-scout manual for the serious adventurer.One cannot always carry around a copy.So,making mental images ,from the reading, will greatly enhance your ability to exist.Escaping a traumatic episode in the outdoors,as rational as possible.This survivalist book has excellent advice for boaters,hikers,campers and outdoorsmen alike.