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Barbed Wire, Barricades, and Bunkers: The Free Citizen's Guide to Fortifying the Home Retreat

In this indispensable guide to readying your home retreat for any scenario, you will learn how to take proven designs for fortified structures and adapt them to your personal defense plan. A dedicated prepper and the author of Living on the A Family's Journey to Self-Sufficiency , F.J. Bohan takes you through the wide array of possible fortifications—including barbed-wire fences and entanglements, concrete posts and barriers, and simple but effective sandbags— that will enable you to determine the best course of action for your needs.Bohan details everything from the tried-and-true methods of cover used since the trenches of World War I to more modern methods such as the stout Jersey barrier. You'll see how to build bunkers and shelters using what's available to you, from logs to buried shipping containers or concrete sewer pipes.Whether you're planning to protect your family's home from armed insurgents during a time of unrest or designing a last-stand bunker complete with a system of trenches, tunnels, and manned fighting positions, Bohan's assessment of what's possible, practical, and affordable will put you on the right path to a safe and free future.

126 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

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March 25, 2024
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

T G O’Dell nous raconte sa propre histoire, qui nous emmène en Irlande et dans l'ile de Man, qui fut, déjà autrefois, une prison célèbre.

Fille d'une mère britannique et d'un père allemand, elle est bien évidemment suspectée d'être une espionne pour le compte des nazis, lors de la grande guerre, comme bon nombre de ses compatriotes nés de parents allemands.

Le ton est donné. Les hostilités démarrent en 1940 quand les anglais décident de faire émigrer tous ces ressortissants à la double nationalité sans même les interroger.

Ses mémoires retracent avec détails les conditions de détention sur l'ile de Man, le travail obligatoire et non payé et les rapports entre autres détenus.
Une atmosphère glauque, à mesure qu'on parcoure ces pages, nous saisit à la gorge. Je me suis imaginée avec ce flux de prisonniers, maltraités, avec des enfants, des vieillards ! Toute dignité otée, ne leur reste que l'espoir d'être réhabilité dans leur terre natale britannique dès l'issue de la guerre.

Un pan d' l'histoire que je ne connaissais pas, merci.
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November 29, 2023
A casual reader like myself would find it dull reading, but a Prepper or someone interested in general defense of their property would find it informative.

With that in mind, I'm rating it from the "Prepper" point of view. It's only fair that I do that, since that is the audience the author is reaching out to. It is informative, and the author does a good job at not just endorsing a specific method, but showing each method's strengths and weaknesses to let the "Prepper" reader decide which is best for them.
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