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Classic survival, evasion, and defense manuals for worst-case scenarios.

Holding Your Ground: Preparing for Defense if it All Falls Apart
Holding Your Ground: Preparing for Defense if it All Falls Apart

Holding Your Ground is an instructional guide and planning tool that addresses defensive preparation of a location. If the government can no longer protect your apartment, house, or farm, Holding will teach you how. Holding covers…

In Time of Emergency: A Citizen’s Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968)
In Time of Emergency: A Citizen’s Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968)

This handbook, “In Time of Emergency,” contains basic general information on both nuclear attack and major natural disasters. This general guidance supplements the specific instructions issued by local governments. Since special conditions…

Long-Term Survival in the Coming Dark Age
Long-Term Survival in the Coming Dark Age

Would you be prepared to survive in the event of a complete breakdown of modern civilization?

Marine Combat Water Survival
Marine Combat Water Survival

This book makes Marine Corps water survival training and know-how available to anyone that wants to learn it. If you are on boats or around water a lot, the skills learned from the USMC could save your life.

Own the Night! Small Unit Night Fighter Manual
Own the Night! Small Unit Night Fighter Manual

This Small Unit Night Fighter Handbook combines existing doctrine with night-fighting tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) currently used by light infantry squads and platoons. The dismounted battle drills found in ARTEP 7-8, MTP…

Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Operations
Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Operations

Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) Operations describes the various environmental conditions affecting human survival and describes isolated personnel activities necessary to survive during successful evasion or isolating events…

The Official US Army Survival Guide: Updated, Complete, and Unabridged (FM 3-05.70 / FM 21-76)
The Official US Army Survival Guide: Updated, Complete, and Unabridged (FM 3-05.70 / FM 21-76)

This is THE indispensable survival guide for soldiers, preppers, hunters, hikers, and outdoor enthusiasts.

Without Rule of Law: Advanced Skills to Help You Survive
Without Rule of Law: Advanced Skills to Help You Survive

WARNING: This book contains material that may be offensive to some readers. It is an instructional guide covering tactical actions and capabilities which should only be executed in last-resort survival situations.

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