Survival, Evasion, and Escape; Department of the Army Field Manual FM 21-76

Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982. Later printing. Supersedes FM 21-76, 25 October 1957, including changes, & FM 21-77, 12 Nov. 1965. Wraps. Good. 431, [1] pages. Illustrations (some with color). Some wear and soiling to covers. Contains some copyrighted material. Includes Introduction; Part One, Survival; Chapter 2, General; Chapter 3, Food and Water; Chapter 4, Firemaking and Cooking; Chapter 5, Survival in Cold Weather Areas, Tropical Areas, Desert Areas, and Survival at Sea; Part 2, Evasion: Concept and Principles, Short Range Evasion, Long Range Evasion, Assisted Evasion; Part 3, Escape; Capture, Prisoner of War Camp, Enemy Interrogation, Enemy Indoctrination, Escape from Prisoner of War Camp. Also includes an appendix with information on references, wild plant food, and poisonous snakes. Also contains index. United States Army Field Manuals are published by the United States Army's Army Publishing Directorate. As of 27 July 2007, some 542 field manuals were in use. They contain detailed information and how-tos for procedures important to soldiers serving in the field. Starting in 2010, the US Army began review and revision of all of its doctrinal publications, under the initiative "Doctrine 2015". Since then, the most important doctrine have been published in Army Doctrine Publications (ADP) and Army Doctrine Reference Publications (ADRP), replacing the former key Field Manuals. Army Techniques Publications (ATP), Army Training Circulars (TC), and Army Technical Manuals (TM) round out the new suite of doctrinal publications. Not all FMs are being rescinded; 50 select Field Manuals will continue to be published, periodically reviewed and revised. They are usually available to the public at low cost or free electronically. Many websites have begun collecting PDF versions of Army Field Manuals, Technical Manuals and Weapon Manuals.