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Ultimate Guide To U.S. Army Survival By Department Of The Army (Book)

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Here for the first time in one place is everything you will ever need to know in order to survive just about any difficult or dangerous situation. Drawing from dozens of the U.S. Army’s official field manuals, editor Jay McCullough has culled a thousand pages of the most useful and curious tidbits for the would-be soldier, historian, movie-maker, writer, or survivalist, including techniques on first aid survival in the hottest or coldest of climates finding or building life-saving shelters surviving nuclear, biological, and chemical attacks physical and mental fitness, and how to find food and water anywhere, anytime. With hundreds of photographs and illustrations showing everything from edible plants to rare skin diseases of the jungle, every page reveals how useful Army knowledge can be. The U.S. Department of the Army is headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and authors U.S. Army Ranger Handbook, U.S. Army Hand-to-Hand Combat, U.S. Army First Aid Manual, U.S. Army Weapons Systems, and U.S. Army Special Forces Handbook. Jay McCullough is a writer and editor specializing in the subjects of history and military history. He is the editor of The Ultimate Guide to U.S. Army Survival Skills, Tactics, and Techniques and the author of the critically acclaimed A Tale of Two Subs. He lives in North Haven, CT. • Introduction PART I GENERAL SURVIVAL SKILLS 1. Introduction 2. Psychology of Survival 3. Survival Planning and Survival Kits Part II SURVIVAL MEDICINE Introduction 1. Fundamental Criteria for First Aid 2. Basic Measures for First Aid 3. First Aid for Special Wounds 4. Fir t Aid for Fracture .. ,' 5. First Aid for Climatic lnjuri 6. Fir t Aid for Bites and Stings . 7. First Aid in Toxic En ironments APPENDIX A. First Aid Case and Kits, Dressings and Bandage B. Rescue and Transportation Procedure C. Common Problems/Conditions D. Digital Pressure E. Decontamination Procedures PART III SHELTERS Introduction 1. Plannin Positions 2. Designing Positions 3. Special Operations and Situations 4. Position Design Details PART IV WATER, FOOD, PLANTS, HERBAL REMEDIES, AND DANGEROUS PLANTS AND ANIMALS 1. Water Procurement 2. Food Procurement 3. Dangerous Insect and Arachnids 4. Poisonous Snakes and Lizards 5. Dangerous Fish, Mollusks, and Freshwater Animals 6. Survival Use of Plants 7. Poisonous Plants PART V FIRECRAFT, TOOLS, CAMOUFLAGE, TRACKING, MOVEMENT, AND COMBAT SKILLS 1. Fire-craft 2. Field-Expedient Weapons, Tools, and Equipment 3. Hand-to-Hand Combat 4. Medium-Range Combatives 5. Long-Range Combatives 6. Sentry Removal 7. Cover, Concealment, and Camouflage 8. Tracking 9. Movement 10. Field-Expedient Direction Finding PART VI ENVIRONMENT-SPECIFIC SURVIVAL 1. Tropical Survival 2. Desert Survival 3. Cold Weather Survival 4. Survival in Mountain Terrain 5. Sea Survival 6. Water Crossings 7. Survival in Nuclear Biological. and Chemical Environments

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ISBN	9781602390508
More	214 x 280 mm, 962 pp, many hundreds of photos & ill.

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