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Nuclear War Survival Skills - by Cresson H Kearny (Paperback)

Nuclear War Survival Skills - by  Cresson H Kearny (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Be prepared for the worst case scenario with t this field-tested guide to surviving a nuclear attack, written by a revered civil defense expert.</b> <p/>This edition of Cresson H. Kearny's iconic <i>Nuclear War Survival Skills</i> (originally published in 1979 and 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, <i>Nuclear War Survival Skills</i> is based on years of meticulous scientific research conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.<br><ul><li><br>Featuring a new introduction by ex-Navy SEAL and <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Don Mann, this book also includes<br></li><li><br>Instructions for six different fallout shelters<br></li><li><br>Food and water<br></li><li><br>Myths and facts about the dangers of nuclear weapons<br></li><li><br>Tips for maintaining an adequate food and water supply<br></li><li><br>Shelter sanitation and preventive medicine<br></li><li><br>Surviving without doctors<br></li><li><br>A foreword by "the father of the hydrogen bomb," physicist Dr. Edward Teller, <br></li><li><br>An "About the Author" note by Eugene P. Wigner, physicist and Nobel Laureate.<br></li></ul><br>Written at a time when global tensions were at their peak, <i>Nuclear War Survival Skills</i> remains relevant in the dangerous age in which we now live.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Cresson H. Kearny</b> 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 <i>Nuclear War Survival Skills</i> was conducted. He died in 2003. <p/><b>Don Mann</b> is an ex-Navy SEAL, an athlete, and a prolific author of Navy SEAL-related fiction and nonfiction. He has made numerous television appearances across all major networks and has written pieces for <i>Time</i>, <i>Newsweek</i>, <i>Runner's World</i>, <i>Men's Fitness</i>, <i>Huffington Post</i>, CNN.com, <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, <i>Washington Post</i>, and many more. He lives in Miami, Florida. <p/><b>Dr. Edward Teller</b> (1908-2003) was a theoretical physicist known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb." He was a key member of the Manhattan Project during WWII. <p/><b>Eugene P. Wigner</b> (1902-1995) was a noted theoretical physicist and mathematician. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963.

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