U.S. Army Survival Handbook

"U.S. Army Survival Handbook" covers all survival skills and techniques that a person can use in order to sustain life in any type of natural environment. The techniques are meant to provide basic necessities like water, food and shelter… Nevertheless, it takes much more than the knowledge to build a shelter, get food and make fire in order to survive successfully. A key ingredient in any survival situation is the mental attitude. It will help you develop your survival skills, as well as the will to survive. It will prepare you for any type of situation, either physical or psychological ordeal.

Contents:

Psychology of Survival

Survival Planning and Survival Kits

Basic Survival Medicine

Shelters

Water Procurement

Firecraft

Food Procurement

Field-Expedient Weapons, Tools, and Equipment

Desert Survival

Tropical Survival

Cold Weather Survival

Sea Survival

Expedient Water Crossings

Field-Expedient Direction Finding

Signaling Techniques

Survival Movement in Hostile Areas

Camouflage

Contact With People

Survival in Man-Made Hazards