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Survival Techniques (SAS training manual) Hardcover – 15 May 2000

by Alexander Sitwell (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
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This is a guide to outdoor survival, in any terrain, in any climate, in any part of the world. It covers: how to build fires, shelters, weapons, traps and tools, how to administer first aid; finding water, food and avoiding poisonous plants.
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  1. Print length
    192 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Bounty Books
  4. Publication date
    15 May 2000
  5. ISBN-10
    0753703068
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0753703069
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Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bounty Books; First Edition (15 May 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0753703068
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0753703069
  • Customer reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

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Trev.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 April 2017
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Excellent product at great price. Fast delivery. Really pleased.Thanks.
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Ben Sykes
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read but not enough detail
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 July 2006
I've had this book since I was young and it's got some quite interesting information in it. The chapters are:

1)preparation and equiptment

survival,

2)...in the desert

3)...at sea

4)...in the tropics

5)...in polar regions

6)...in mountains

7)...natural disasters.

8)first aid

9)firemaking, tools and weapons

10)trapping fishing and plant food

11)Navigation and signalling

12)rafts and river crossings

13)ropes and knots

As you can see, it tries to be pretty comprehensive but it really doesn't go into enough detail about basic survival. Things like knots and navigation are quite usefull but just not detailed enough and most of the book doesn't go further than just being an interesting read. For example there is a section that describes, in a few lines, how to capture an animal using a GIANT crossbow made out of tree trunks and huge logs which aims to catch an animal by shooting a 6' long sharpened tree trunk! Something that while quite interesting (amusing?) to turn the page and see, isn't really of any practical use and if you really needed to do that (which I doubt anyone would) there isn't nearly enough info to set it up. Where as things like lighting a fire by friction using a bow which could be quite fun to try it is only covered very briefly and would probarbly having you fumble around the woods all day getting annoyed.(it just basically describes how it works as opposed to telling you about different types of wood to use etc.)

There is some usefull info like the phonetic alphabet and signalling which is one of the books saving graces, along with first aid info and some food sources(again a bit basic but still quite good). Another reason that it gets some stars is that the illustrations are really detailed and accurate, which makes up a little for a lack of text.

Basically if you want a book to read about methods of surviving in the desert, ice etc. then this is a good book to give you a range of quite complex skills people use. But if you want to get these skills in more detail or actually want to attempt them then I would go for a dedicated bushcraft book or something.
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Robert Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy 🙂
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 June 2022
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Great price and a treasure trove of information 🙂🙂🙂
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