Steven Varnell, the author of the acclaimed book Criminal Interdiction, has created another incredible survival guide for all. Tactical Survival was published as the number of police officers killed in America keeps increasing. The author has explored the top eleven areas of police work responsible for these deaths. They are dissected into an intensive and precise manual for learning the essential response tactics. Each is it's own chapter, streamlined, and with bullet points for easy access by the reader. Steven Varnell carefully exposes the actions in an easy to understand fashion with topics like foot pursuits, hands on combat, knife defense, firearms, weapons/ammunition selections, and much more. Everyone that reads Tactical Survival will walk away with a powerful understanding of self protection. Whether it is on the streets of this country or in the defense of your family and home, take the offensive lessons from this book and live. Tactical Survival is written by one of the most experienced interdiction officers anywhere. This experience shines through again with his second book of what has been described by many as "a must read" requirement for law enforcement and the public alike.

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"The book every paramedic needs to enhance their career and job performance Paramedic Survival Guide offers both novice and experienced paramedics a unique blend of case studies, testimonials, and advice from veterans to help them succeed on their jobs and advance their career. The book also offers advice on how to pick the correct EMT job, the recruitment and interview process, and various career paths and options open to paramedics. Valuable features include "Taking it to the Street" boxes detailing must-know on-the-job information"--Provided by publisher.

Missile Defenses and Western European Security is an important contribution to the current debate on how new weapons initiatives will affect prospects for world peace. Soofer generously sprinkles the book with relevant quotes from high-ranking NATO officials, respected academicians, and military policy experts, thus enhancing the readers understanding of the subject. Friday Review of Defense Literature The NATO alliance has come under increasing strain since President Reagan's announcement of plans for the strategic defense initiative (SDI) in March 1983. This study examines the logic underlying Western European reactions to SDI and assesses the validity of European anxieties about missile defenses. Systematically analyzing the positions of France, Britain, and West Germany on the full spectrum of NATO defense issues, the author attempts to determine whether strategic and tactical missile defenses can in fact contribute to U.S. and Western security. In his introduction, the author traces the history of NATO's doubts concerning the strategic nuclear guarantee, which were frequently expressed after the Soveits' first successful missile launches in the late 1950s. He next looks at Western European reactions to the SDI announcement and NATO's strategic thinking on deterrence and escalation. He discusses the relation between arms control considerations and the strategic defense initiative, focusing on NATO fears that SDI would lead to the abrogation of the 1972 ABM Treaty and with it the end of the arms control process. Turning to antitactical missile defense, Soofer argues that despite political opposition, there exists a substantial strategic rationale for missile defenses deployed in Western Europe. Offering clarification and new perspectives on many complex defense issues. Missile Defenses and Western European Security will be an important contribution to the current debate on how new weapons initiatives will affect prospects for world peace. This timely book is for specialists, students, and academics in the fields of strategic studies, peace studies,, arms control, diplomacy, and international relations.

This book is a gripping account of the men and methods of the world's special forces.

Factual information about nuclear power, the owners, number and locations of weapons, probable targets, the effects of radiation and their treatment, and self-protection.