From the Back Cover:
This field manual is dedicated to the arts of the soldier and has introduced countless recruits to the deadly intricacies of combat. Wars, as the introduction notes, are won not by machines but by the soldiers who use them. Even the best-equipped army cannot win without well-trained soldiers, and the soldiers in that army have carried this book with them for years.
In concise terms, and with clear illustrations treating every subject the U.S. Army Combat Skills Handbook tells the soldier how to survive on the battlefield with chapters on:
- Cover, Concealment, and Camouflage- Fighting Positions
- Movement
- Observation
- Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Warfare
- Combat Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence
- Communications
- First Aid and Personal Hygiene
- Mines
- Demolitions
- Obstacles
- Urban Areas
- Tracking
- Survival, Evasion, and Escape
- and much more
The U.S. Army Combat Skills Handbook is must-read material for the military enthusiast and anyone who wants to know how the U.S. Army performs its duties in the field of operations.
About the Author:
The U.S. Department of the Army is headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and authors The Soldier's Guide, The Complete Guide to Edible Wild Plants, U.S. Army Ranger Handbook, U.S. Army Hand-to-Hand Combat, U.S. Army First Aid Manual, U.S. Army Weapons Systems, U.S. Army Special Forces Handbook, U.S. Army Guide to Boobytraps, U.S. Army Explosives and Demolitions Handbook, U.S. Army Special Forces Guide to Unconventional Warfare, and U.S. Army Special Forces Medical Handbook.
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