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SAS Survival Handbook

  • 572 pages · about 10 hours
  • First published 1986
  • 21 editions

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1 About this book

A survival guide from the Special Air Service offers a complete course on how to be prepared for any type of emergency--from natural disasters to terrorist attacks to wilderness adventures--explaining how to adapt successfully to various climates, how to identify edible plants, and how to build a fire, with tips on first aid, campcraft, emergency preparation, and more.

The SAS Survival Handbook is the Special Air Service's complete course in being prepared for any type of emergency. John Wiseman presents real strategies for surviving in any type of situation, from accidents and escape procedures, including chemical and nuclear to successfully adapting to various climates (polar, tropical, desert), to identifying edible plants and creating fire.

The book is extremely practical and is illustrated throughout with easy-to-understand line art and diagrams.

  • Survival skills
  • Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks
  • Wilderness survival
  • Survival
  • Outdoor life
  • Survival at sea
  • Safety measures

2 About John Wiseman

Born 1940

John "Lofty" Wiseman is a British author, survival consultant and television presenter. He is a former member of the Special Air Service (SAS), the British special forces unit.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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