The Survival Handbook

Abstract: How the Green Berets, SEALs, French Foreign Legion, and others survive in hostile environments. Excellent reading for anyone who might face an emergency situation in the wild.

Keywords: book review, health, survival, clothing, equipment, water, fire, food, shelter, ropes and knots, tools, weapons, first aid, signaling, navigation, polar regions, mountains, desert, tropical regions, survival at sea, combat.

CONTENTS

Basics

The Psychology of Survival

What to Wear

What to Carry

Guidelines for Foreign Travel

Golden Rules

Water

Fire

Food

Shelter

Ropes and Knots

Improvising Tools and Weapons

First Aid

Signaling and Navigation

The Forces of Nature

Polar Regions

Mountainous Terrain

Surviving in the Desert

Tropical Regions

Survival at Sea

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DATA

Author:        Darman, Peter.
Title:         The survival handbook / by Peter Darman.
Published:     Toronto, Canada : Stoddart Pub. , 1996.
Description:   256 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
LC Call No.:   U225.D37 1996
Dewey No.:     355.5/4 20
ISBN:          155046194X
Notes:         Includes index.
Subjects:      Combat survival.
Control No.:   95047788 

This book is on my shelf awaiting further review.

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