Recently i have read the Neil Strauss book Emergency. it was first lent to me by a friend. i was only two chapters in when it became obvious that i needed my own copy.
This is not my usual read. usually i read philosophical or scientific books so a book that is advertised as a survival manual is not something that i would usually pick up but this is one is very different.
its part the diary and thoughts of the author as he makes the change from music critic to survivalist covering his training and obsessions and in part its a tip guide for budding survivalists.
its much more of a story than it may first appear though and its very well written, Strauss tells the reader in great detail about his fear of terrorism, random events and the government and then catalogues his new skills.
although he passes many of his experiences on he does not divulge very much in the form of actual usable information. its really to be considered much more of a story than manual.
i would recommend anyone to read this book simply because it is such a great story at the same time it caters too the mind set of us paranoid folks exceptionally well.
Its not a David Icke style masterwork of paranoid philosophy but it is very real and very honest, an essential read.
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