US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76 by Department of Defense
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Book Reviews of US Army Survival Manual: FM 21-76
Book Review: YOU CAN SURVIVE
Summary: 5 Stars
MANY MANY GOOD TIPS FOR SURVIVAL EVEN THOUGH IT WAS WRITTEN FOR THE MILITARY,YOU CAN USE THESE TIPS.Book Review: Survival Guide
Summary: 5 Stars
A needed reference for any one who is into survival. Written for the solder in all of us.Book Review: Basic knowledge
Summary: 5 Stars
It has some good stuff in here. Some basic stuff to get you around if you had "woods" itBook Review: Survival Handbook
Summary: 5 Stars
A really great book. It is worth hanging onto. Money well spent. I highly recommend it.Book Review: Good, but the SAS Survival Guide is better
Summary: 4 Stars
The Army Survival manual is a great find. It provides detailed, understandable information on how to survive in many situations: in the desert, at sea, in an area where you don't wish to be detected (For civilians it's possibly useful for hostage/kidnapping situations, I suppose). It also has a lot of emotional support written into the text. This is clearly written directly for soldiers, but it could probably be reassuring if you were actually on your own.
I bought the book mainly as a reference that I could toss into our disaster-preparedness closet. I don't have any plans to use the information in the book, but I wanted a guidebook "just in case." This serves that purpose beautifully, but the "SAS Survival Guide" (the pocket-sized version of the "SAS Survival Handbook" is much better for this purpose. There isn't really much discussion of emotional issues in the SAS Guide, and there's no focus on evading enemy capture or things like that. But it's a much nicer book (the army guide seems like it's been Xeroxed a million times, and the print quality is questionable). The SAS Guide is a great size for tossing into a car glovebox, and it's easier to browse and search.
If you have the space and inclination, get both. They do both offer slightly different information. For example, the Army guide tells you how to get fresh water from sea water in cold climates by letting small amounts of sea water slowly freeze. (Fresh water will freeze out of the solution first, leaving a slushy saltwater glob that you can then remove from the ice--or something like that). The SAS Guide, on the other hand, tells you how to get fresh water at sea from a fresh-water gland along the spine of a fish. If you were really stranded, it would be great to have both. If you only get one, I would recommend the SAS guide though.