Nuclear War Survival Skills

Name: Nuclear War Survival Skills
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SKU: 9781634502979
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Lifesaving Nuclear Facts and Self-Help Instructions

By Cresson H. Kearny

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Nuclear War Survival Skills by Cresson H. Kearny is a comprehensive guide offering practical advice and preventative measures to protect yourself and your family in the event of a nuclear attack. Based on extensive scientific research from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the book includes instructions for six types of fallout shelters, debunks nuclear danger myths, and provides essential tips on securing food and water supplies. Updated through the years, it features contributions from notable experts including a foreword by physicist Dr Edward Teller and an introduction by ex-Navy SEAL Don Mann.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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Ideal for readers interested in civil defence, emergency preparedness, and survival skills. This book suits those seeking a serious, scientifically grounded approach to nuclear war survival, including homeowners, preppers, and students of emergency management.

Description

A field-tested guide to surviving a nuclear attack, written by a revered civil defense expert.

This edition of Cresson H. Kearny's iconic Nuclear War Survival Skills (originally published in 1979), updated by Kearny himself in 1987 and again in 2001, offers expert advice for ensuring your family's safety should the worst come to pass. Chock-full of practical instructions and preventative measures, Nuclear War Survival Skills is based on years of meticulous scientific research conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Featuring a new introduction by ex-Navy SEAL Don Mann, this book also includes: instructions for six different fallout shelters, myths and facts about the dangers of nuclear weapons, tips for maintaining an adequate food and water supply, a foreword by "the father of the hydrogen bomb," physicist Dr. Edward Teller, and an "About the Author" note by Eugene P. Wigner, physicist and Nobel Laureate.

Written at a time when global tensions were at their peak, Nuclear War Survival Skills remains relevant in the dangerous age in which we now live.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781634502979

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 February 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: Skyhorse Publishing

Illustration: 74 B&W photos, 125 B&W illustrations

Contributors:

Foreword by Edward Teller
Introduction by Don Mann
Contributions by Eugene P. Wigner

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 431g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Cresson H. Kearny was a graduate of the Texas Military Institute and of Princeton University. He worked for Standard Oil in Venezuela and served in the US Army as a captain in the Panama Mobile Force. Many of his jungle-tested inventions were used by US infantrymen in WWII. In 1964, Kearny joined the Oak Ridge National Laboratory civil defense project, which is where the research supporting his book Nuclear War Survival Skills was conducted. He died in 2003.

Don Mann is an ex-Navy SEAL, an athlete, and a prolific author of Navy SEALrelated fiction and nonfiction. He has made numerous television appearances across all major networks and has written pieces for Time, Newsweek, Runner's World, Men's Fitness, Huffington Post, CNN.com, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and many more. He lives in Miami, Florida.

Dr. Edward Teller (19082003) was a theoretical physicist known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb." He was a key member of the Manhattan Project during WWII.

Eugene P. Wigner (19021995) was a noted theoretical physicist and mathematician. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963.