U.S. Armed Forces Survival Guide [Paperback]

John Boswell (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2004

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.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

John Boswell is a former Naval officer and graduate of the U.S. Navy's SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) School. Boswell is a writer, editor and literary agent who has worked in publishing for nine years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1st edition (August 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312331223
• ISBN-13: 978-0312331221
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,603 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #92 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Survival Skills

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Survival means 'to live beyond expectation'+, June 1, 2008

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Magickal Merlin "Wizard" (Death Valley-SoCal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: U.S. Armed Forces Survival Guide (Paperback)

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.

5.0 out of 5 stars Survival Guide, September 25, 2011

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I got this because I wanted to know survival tips for the desert and mountain areas. I got it with this book. Not sure of what plants and animals were edible, this book explains what I needed to know in specific sections of all environments. This is what I needed and glad I bought it.

4.0 out of 5 stars Seems plausible and useful even if not..., September 16, 2011

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I read through a a bit of this book already and everything seems plausible if an emergency situation with little gear but soem essentials (knife, etc). Even if the techniques don't work out and you happen to have packed this book in you bag, you would at least have something to use as tender for the fire or paper for the john...