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

An updated edition of the field-tested instructional guide to surviving the fallout of a nuclear attack, written by a revered civil defense expert. Originally published in 1979, this revised and updated edition of Cresson H. Kearny’s iconic Nuclear War Survival Skills 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 a historic peak, Nuclear War Survival Skills is still relevant in today’s dangerous age.