Table of Contents

Introduction

Preparing to survive
Survival psychology • Survival kit and clothing • Preparation • Fit to survive

Survival on home ground
Survival in the home • Natural disasters

Outdoor survival
Fire and shelter • Camp skills • Water • Plant foods • Animal foods • Food preparation and storage

Hunting and trapping
Hunting weapons • Hunting techniques • Trapping • Fishing

Defending yourself
Unarmed combat • Armed combat

Hostile climate survival
Predicting the weather • Desert survival • Jungle survival • Mountain survival • Polar survival • Aquatic survival

Making a bad situation better
Signalling and navigation • First aid • Hygiene • Hiding and evading • Capture and imprisonment • Escape

Glossary

Index

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Fully illustrated practical guide that gives you all the core skills you need to survive

About the Author

Dr Chris McNab is a writer and editor specialising in military history, with a major research interest in the evolution of modern manoeuvre warfare. He has written or contributed to numerous titles, including Campaigns of World War II, Order of Battle: German Kriegsmarine, Order of Battle: German Luftwaffe, World War II Data Book: The Third Reich, 1933-45 and World War II Data Book: The SS, 1923-45.