Whether you expect to be in the wilderness, or you just want to be prepared in these uncertain times, learn hundreds of essential survival skills from the training manual used by the U.S. Army. Learn how to make a fire under any conditions, and how to purify water....how to build a shelter from just the materials at hand...how to use the sun, stars, and clouds to navigate and predict the weather...how to eat safe plants and avoid poisonous ones...how to build weapons, and catch or kill wild animals...how to track, how to use camouflage, and how to avoid being tracked by others. Learn field medical techniques from splinting a broken bone to emergency surgery. Learn special skills for survival at sea, in the desert, in snow, and in swampland. Finally, The Official Army Wilderness Survival Handbook includes chapters on nuclear, chemical, and biological warfare--and how to survive in case of surprise attack and exposure to harsh, man-made conditions. The Official Army Wilderness Survival Handbook is a concise, portable reference you can even carry into the wilderness. This manual includes Army Field Manual 3-05.70, with no appendices.