SAS and Elite Forces Guide Prisoner of War Escape & Evasion: How to Survive Behind Enemy Lines from the World's Elite Military Units

Christopher McNab

ISBN 10: 0762779896 / ISBN 13: 9780762779895

Published by Lyons Press, 2012

About this Item

Color illustrated softcovers . First printing (not issued in hardcovers). Fine. 320 pp. with bibliography, glossary, index. Illustrated throughout with drawings and diagrams. An unusual and very interesting guidebook teaching how to effectively avoid capture behind enemy lines and how to survive and escape if you're captured. Includes chapters on "Hiding and Evading", "Capture and Imprisonment", "Escape From Captivity", "Survival on the Run", "Emerigencies", "The Home Run".

Seller Inventory # E30161

Bibliographic Details

• Title: SAS and Elite Forces Guide Prisoner of War Escape & Evasion: How to Survive Behind Enemy Lines from the World's Elite Military Units
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0762779896
• ISBN 13: 9780762779895
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military

About this title

Synopsis

The POW How To Escape Handbook covers everything you need to know about making a successful return to friendly territory. Beginning from the point where a combatant finds himself or herself trapped in enemy territory, the book offers useful tips and solid advice on how to evade capture and, if that fails, how to escape. Key topics include the will to survive; handling stress in captivity; escape techniques; survival in a variety of environments, including urban, rural, jungle and desert; how to forage for food; tracking and how to cover your tracks; navigation, with or without a map; and seeking recovery by friendly forces. The book also includes a number of real life accounts of POW escape from World War II (including The Great Escape story and Colditz), the Vietnam War (Dieter Dengler, with others, escaping from Laos), the Balkans, Iraq (Thomas Hamill in 2004) and Afghanistan.

About the Author

Chris McNab is an experienced specialist in wilderness survival techniques. He has published over 20 books including How to Survive Anything, Anywhere, Special Forces Endurance Techniques, First Aid Survival Manual, Military Survival Handbook and SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Wilderness Survival.. McNab has also acted as an editorial consultant on several other survival titles. In his home country of Wales, UK, he provides instruction on wilderness hunting techniques.