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 An Introduction to Self Reliance. Jul 25, 2010
If you are looking for a one volume "how to" book on this topic you'll be disappointed. The author introduces a variety of useful topics for those interested in self reliance. As a jumping off point this book is fine but a lot of additional research and experimentation will be required before someone would be competent in a lot of these skills and techniques. As an introduction to this mind set the book is fine.
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 Global Warming Blather Jun 30, 2010
This book may as well have been written by Al-the greatest con-man in history-Gore. Global warming won't create the catastrophic event, man will.
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Irony Jun 05, 2010
Don't you think it's a little weird that a book by this title is available on Kindle?
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Like others have said, mostly great Apr 14, 2010
I'll say 90-95% of this book is filled with great information for someone who has no formal training in military/survival or tactics. There are parts of this book that you could rip the pages out of it to lighten it up some and have a great technical manual for standard survival skills. Some covered subjects in this book are not done as in depth or at all in other survival manuals. The medical and identification sections of plants and animals I particularly like as a more comprehensive source than other guides.
The pages that could be torn out are pure trash and liberal garbage as an attempt to get people to think the "progressive" way (global warming, greenhouse, peak oil, the usual), even for someone that may have no real interest in those topics. I would love to give this book 5 stars for the wealth of practical information, but those few sections ruin it and drop a star. If the publisher would re-print this book with the same information in the practical and majority sections of this book, then call it the "comprehensive survival guide for the outdoor enthusiast," it would be a 5 star best seller in the genre.
Even if you aren't a liberal type and, like many survivalist type people, lean towards a conservative viewpoint, get this book for the wealth of content and just laugh at the other pages or use them for kindling.
 What you need to know! Mar 10, 2010
From how to rid yourself of parasites, to how to build a shelter ... this book has it all. Lots of good 'how-to' and 'what-if' solutions for surviving without modern technology, medicine, power, etc.
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