Be prepared for the worst case scenario with t this field-tested guide to surviving a nuclear attack, written by a revered civil defense expert.

This edition of Cresson H. Kearny’s iconic Nuclear War Survival Skills (originally published in 1979 and updated by Kearny himself in 1987 and again in 2001), offers expert advice for ensuring your family’s safety should the worst come to pass. Chock-full of practical instructions and preventative measures, Nuclear War Survival Skills is based on years of meticulous scientific research conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.



Featuring a new introduction by ex-Navy SEAL and New York Times bestselling author Don Mann, this book also includes


Instructions for six different fallout shelters


Food and water


Myths and facts about the dangers of nuclear weapons


Tips for maintaining an adequate food and water supply


Shelter sanitation and preventive medicine


Surviving without doctors


A foreword by “the father of the hydrogen bomb,” physicist Dr. Edward Teller,


An “About the Author” note by Eugene P. Wigner, physicist and Nobel Laureate.



Written at a time when global tensions were at their peak, Nuclear War Survival Skills remains relevant in the dangerous age in which we now live.

Foreword by: Edward Teller
Introduction by: Don Mann
Contributions by: Eugene P. Wigner