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Life After Doomsday: A Survivalist Guide to Nuclear War and Other Major Disasters
This unique manual shows you how to survive a nuclear nightmare by providing an exhaustive investigation of survival strategies and of the problems that will face those who survive. The author outlines step-by-step procedures for preparing and defending shelters, storing food, treating illnesses and injuries and understanding the psychology of survival. With its dozens of useful charts, lists, drawings and photos, this book also serves as an excellent reference on surviving any major disaster.
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202 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1980
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September 15, 2008
The Steal This Book for survivalists.
Ever peered into the mind of someone gripped by fear of nuclear war? Take a look. Not nearly as in depth as I wished, and could contained much more information. This would of best been done as a series of books, each focusing on a subject, with the chapters inside this one extrapolated into a book each. We then would've had a much more informative book.
Ever peered into the mind of someone gripped by fear of nuclear war? Take a look. Not nearly as in depth as I wished, and could contained much more information. This would of best been done as a series of books, each focusing on a subject, with the chapters inside this one extrapolated into a book each. We then would've had a much more informative book.
May 30, 2014
Pretty outdated (written in the Soviet times) however a lot of good advice that is still applicable to survival today, should a disaster strike.
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May 8, 2026Most of the information in this book is now outdated, moreover its pretty USA-centric, so there was hardly anything that I, a non-American could use.
But that doesn't mean that this book was worthless for me. A lot of the things that the author talked about and mentioned in this book still hold true. I was reading this book around the time Trump--the President of one of the biggest countries in the world--threatened to bomb and destroy an entire civilisation. And he threatened to do so on a goddamn social media platform.
The whole thing set such a jolt of disbelief through me. Like, what is happening? What time are we living in? What in the world is going on?
Then, while reading this book, I came across the passage talking about how a right-wing nutjob president could cause a war.
Like, I was left speechless.
How come we are still dealing with the shit that was there in the 1900s? The political instability, the threat of a nuclear war, out of touch billionaires and world leaders ruining the lives of a your average person, the list goes on and on. How come are we stuck in the same shit since so many years? Why does 2026 (a year where we should have been seeing amazing progress) seem so wrought with financial, social, political, and economic crisis?
So while the techniques in this book maybe outdated, the ideas behind it are not. Human civilisation is very fragile, and it is up to us to not let greedy, money-grubbing billionaires and politicians bring it to a collapse.
P.S: The book can also be a good resource for those who are writing nuclear war based fiction.
But that doesn't mean that this book was worthless for me. A lot of the things that the author talked about and mentioned in this book still hold true. I was reading this book around the time Trump--the President of one of the biggest countries in the world--threatened to bomb and destroy an entire civilisation. And he threatened to do so on a goddamn social media platform.
The whole thing set such a jolt of disbelief through me. Like, what is happening? What time are we living in? What in the world is going on?
Then, while reading this book, I came across the passage talking about how a right-wing nutjob president could cause a war.
Like, I was left speechless.
How come we are still dealing with the shit that was there in the 1900s? The political instability, the threat of a nuclear war, out of touch billionaires and world leaders ruining the lives of a your average person, the list goes on and on. How come are we stuck in the same shit since so many years? Why does 2026 (a year where we should have been seeing amazing progress) seem so wrought with financial, social, political, and economic crisis?
So while the techniques in this book maybe outdated, the ideas behind it are not. Human civilisation is very fragile, and it is up to us to not let greedy, money-grubbing billionaires and politicians bring it to a collapse.
P.S: The book can also be a good resource for those who are writing nuclear war based fiction.
January 13, 2024
A good handbook for the unthinkable.
September 14, 2015
Better than any thriller - guaranteed to make your hair stand on end. A lot of useful advice in there though, which can be applied to any survival situation. What makes the book even better is the fact that it's fairly old, so it does not rely on brand-new medicine and technology.
It was quite morbid reading - I was scared and fascinated at the same time.
It was quite morbid reading - I was scared and fascinated at the same time.
April 14, 2008
An insurance policy against the days when there are no insurance companies, this book is full of information you'll hope never to really need...but if you need it and don't have it, you'll be very sorry, for a short span.
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May 24, 2009Again, the reading of this book is dedicated to my father. My he be resting from his fears.
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