SURVIVE Like a Soldier: The U.S. Army Field Manual on Survival Strategies and Techniques

Survive Like a Soldier is the essential resource for campers, scouts, hikers, and anyone else planning to spend time in the wilderness. You'll learn how to predict weather by the clouds, and find directions by the sun and stars; how to build effective shelter from the land and trees; how to identify safe-to-eat plants; and how to find game, and build from scratch the weaponry to catch or kill it. You'll learn how to use camouflage, how to track (an avoid being tracked), how to build a fire and purify water, and emergency medical techniques. Survive Like a Soldier features sections on special issues in surviving in a swamp, in the desert, at sea, and in cold weather. It also describes survival techniques in case of nuclear war, chemical warfare, or biological weapon attack. Learn the same wilderness survival strategies and techniques taught to the most elite U.S. Armed Forces personnel, in this comprehensive guide of over 400 pages.