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The SAS Survival Handbook | 
 enlarge | Author: John Wiseman
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Category: Book
Buy New: $27.98
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Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 581910
Media: Paperback
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0002171856
EAN: 9780002171854
ASIN: 0002171856
Publication Date: September 1995
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Product Description
A complete course in how to survive outdoors, on land or sea, in any weather, in any part of the world. Color and black-and-white drawings throughout.
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 Outstanding! The most comprehensive survival info. available November 16, 1999
Eric (Pensacola, Florida)
133 out of 138 found this review helpful
The British Special Air Service (SAS) is an elite military unit trained for long range patrols,sabatoge and covert operations far behind enemy lines. The U.S. Navy SEAL teams are trained on principles developed by the SAS nearly fifty years ago. SAS troops are deployed to some of the most remote regions on the planet and for this reason, must be experts in outdoor survival. John Wiseman is a former SAS survival instructor, so you can rest assured that you are receiving the best available information. The techniques desribed in this book are simple, functional and extremely clever, all hallmarks of SAS operations. The section on traps and snares is spectacular! All drawings are clear and easy to understand and the book is organized into specific geographic regions according to climate(i.e. deserts, jungles, etc.). I have spent most of my professional career in the woods (I'm a biologist by trade)and I use the information in this book on a daily basis, including training fellow employees in the basics of land navigation, improvised direction finding, and basic "woodsmanship". Additionally, I apply the SAS mindset to daily problem solving and find that it serves me well. The book comes in two sizes and I can highly recommend the pocket sized version for your pack or field bag. I can not say enough good things about this book. I have over fifty survival books in my personal library and this is the one I use as my bible. I can also highly recommend the SAS Escape,Evasion and Survival Manual by Barry Davies. It contains the same high quality info. as this book plus some additional goodies!
Common sense information that you might actually use! October 7, 2002
38 out of 38 found this review helpful
The first time I read this book, was as a teen. I "borrowed" the copy belonging to my brother, and have never been without a copy since then.The information contained within is aimed at surviving in the most extreme conditions. Granted, not many of us will be stranded in the North Pole - but if we were, we'd know not to eat a polar bear's liver, because the amount of vitamin A contained therein is toxic!
More usable information includes: - Beautiful, accurate pictures of edible and poisonous plants
- How-to advice on setting up temporary camps
- Basic first aid and medical care
- How to survive a nuclear attack, war conditions, fire/ice/extreme weather conditions
- A virtually complete instruction on how to set up different traps to catch your food,
And other amazing pieces of information simply too numerous to list. All in all, there are probably more professional, intensive survival guides - but this is by far one of the more approachable, with common sense advice that we can use even in a non-survival situation.
Terrific pocket guide January 17, 2007
M. Wade
27 out of 28 found this review helpful
My husband and I wanted a little guide for our house and cars, so we'd be better prepared in case of disaster. We were hoping for something that would help in just about any situation: plane crash, getting stuck in the car in a blizzard, a natural disaster that cut off power and access to our house, and so on. This book meets that requirement beautifully. The SAS Guide (as opposed to the regular SAS Handbook) is a pocket-sized book, so it easily fits in the glovebox, and it's surprisingly complete for such a small book. I'm also grateful that it's completely free of any weird political agenda. It's just straightup information without even the slightest hint of a paranoid subtext. I'm thrilled with the purchase, and I'll buy more copies for other people in my family.
 A DISAPPOINTMENT! December 15, 1999
19 out of 31 found this review helpful
When I first found out about a book written by a SAS-specialist,Iwas thrilled;this must be the state-of-the-art,The legendary SAS!After reading the chapters of special interest-hunting,firelighting etc.,I came away baffled:for instance,the information on building archery equipment is not only incompetent but downright useless-the false generalisations and misconceptions are too numerous to mention here.The same applies to the text on firelighting- I wonder if the SAS-let alone you-could survive on this !The attempt to squeeze "survival anywhere on the planet"into a single volume is in vain.I ur ge you NOT to depend on this book for survival-it might kill you.I really hoped I could have written a more positive review...
Comprehensive! September 30, 1999
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I am a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, and if there is one book that I would consult on all of my survival issues, this is it. It does, however, deal with some issues that most people probably don't need to know, such as long-term living, but more does not hurt. I would reccommend this book to anyone interested in the subject. As a final thought, the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, California, uses this book as one of their references in teaching their elite survival courses for U.S. Special Forces!
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