The Official Army Wilderness Survival Manual: Tips and Tactics for Tools, Shelter, Food, Weaponry, Medicine, Tracking, Evasion, and Everything Else You Need to Know to Survive in the Wilderness

by U.S. Army Field Manual 3-05 70

Whether you expect to be in the wilderness, or you just want to be prepared in these uncertain times, learn hundreds of essential survival skills from the training manual used by the U.S. Army. Learn how to make a fire under any conditions, and how to purify water....how to build a shelter from just the materials at hand...how to use the sun, stars, and clouds to navigate and predict the weather...how to eat safe plants and avoid poisonous ones...how to build weapons, and catch or kill wild animals...how to track, how to use camouflage, and how to avoid being tracked by others. Learn field medical techniques from splinting a broken bone to emergency surgery. Learn special skills for survival at sea, in the desert, in snow, and in swampland. Finally, The Official Army Wilderness Survival Handbook includes chapters on nuclear, chemical, and biological warfare--and how to survive in case of surprise attack and exposure to harsh, man-made conditions. The Official Army Wilderness Survival Handbook is a concise, portable reference you can even carry into the wilderness. This manual includes Army Field Manual 3-05.70, with no appendices.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 23, 2010

Reviews

[Jamie is · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I was a kid, I devoured my brother's Boy Scouts manuals and was so jealous I couldn't join; I envisioned myself someday living off the land a la Thoreau or Lewis and Clark. This reads like a paranoid BoyScout manual. I actually read it a few years ago; it's widely available for download on the iPhone. Some practical info, mix of some very common sense as well as more sophisticated advice.