- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Apple Pie Publishers; Reprint edition (October 1970)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0967512395
- ISBN-13: 978-0967512396
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.5 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
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#394,838 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #91 in Books > Outdoors & Nature > Survival Skills
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Book Description
The U.S. Army Survival Manual is widely recognized as the finest single-source on the subject. Used by all branches of the U.S. Military, including Special Operations Forces and Pilots. This book has been translated for use in foreign militaries. Civilians have discovered this detailed compilation as a very interesting and important addition to their homes, cars and campers.
Describes and clearly illustrates a vast array of topics, including… · The Will to Survive · Survival Planning · Survival Medicine · Weapons and Tools · Water procurement · Wild Plants for Food · Wildlife for Food · Shelter · Firebuilding · Water Crossings · Direction Finding · Signaling · Desert Survival · Tropical Survival · Arctic and Subarctic Survival · Sea Survival · Poisonous Snakes · Knots · Climate · Weather.
Teaches you how to… · Overcome the desire for Comfort · Recognize the onset of a dangerous passive outlook · Tolerate Pain · Use the word “survival” as a pneumonic device · Plan ahead for survival · Administer the Heimlich Hug · Treat insect and Snake Bites · Make wooden and stone knives · Make a rabbit stick · Start a fire with a bow and drill · Procure water in nearly any environment · Construct solar water still · Make polluted water drinkable · Conduct the Universal Plant Edibility to Test (very important) · Improvise containers for boiling food · Catch and eat insects · Make fishhooks and fishing lines · Build a stakeout for fishing secretly · Make spear points · Capture amphibians and reptiles · Catch birds in a net · Make Ojibwa bird snare · Make squirrel pole · Make a trip-string deadfall trap · Clean a snake · Skin and butcher small and large game · Build a parachute tepee · Construct a swamp bed · Build a shelter in the desert sand · Make a Dakota fire hole · Cross a swift stream · Make an Australian poncho raft · Find direction using the sun and stars · Signal aircraft with your body · Much, much more
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Awsome Book,
By A Customer
This review is from: US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76 (Paperback)
This book is awsome, and although some people dislike the military references (using you gun, hide from the enemy)i thought it was interesting and sometimes a bit humerous. I gave this book 5 stars because it is EXACTLY what a military survival book should be. Now, if it was written SPECIFICALY for civilians i would give a worse score becase of the military reference. The thing i disliked about this book the most was the lack of information about surviving in what i consider a "normal" envirement. It has the desert, arctic, and tropical, but i want to know how to survive in the wilderness where i live (Northern MN). I was also disappointed with the plants. I know that they were having to cover the whole world pretty much but i would have liked it better to have a few more plant descriptions as only about 4 of the plants listed live were i live. I would also have liked to have a better description of how to prepare the plant (the most tastey way possible with little supplys so that you don't end up spitting it out cause it tastes like ****. Overall: Great for the military, entertaining and very informative for civilians but doesn't cover living/surviving in the Deciduous and Coniferous forests very well. I wouldn't recomend this to someone who wants information about edible plants as it has very little. For that i would recomend the Peterson Field Guide To Edible Plants (i own it, its very good, but i have trouble making any of the food taste good).
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good except for Jungle/Desert Survival,
By A Customer
This review is from: US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76 (Paperback)
The U.S. Army field manual on Survival is a good basic guide, standard reading for our troops, and unlike some survival manuals, it is fairly well written and organized. I have yet to find a survival enthusiast who didn't have this book or Greg Davenport's Wilderness Survival in their personal library, and that tells you something. One of the bigger drawbacks to the book is its sketchy coverage of jungle and desert survival - for these areas you'll definitely want additional reading on these topics, as there's a lot more information to be had! If you're interested in those environments, Jeff Randall's Adventure Travel in the Third World book is excellent for jungle survival, while Mark Johnson's The Ultimate Desert Handbook is definitely the best desert survival book out there.
4.0 out of 5 stars
We all have different ideas,
By Jack Purcell (Placitas, NM USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76 (Paperback)
The information in a survival manual that makes it good or bad depends entirely on whether you've read the right one when the need hits. I went through the US Army Survival Training in 1963. The skills learned since then by the military are incorporated into this book. It isn't the be-all-end-all, but anyone who intends to read a single survival manual won't feel cheated by buying this one.
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