the front half of the book is very much aimed at soldiers ie how to organise Webbing, NBC training , prisoner of war escape etc
even so
the Camouflage sections are usefull to hunters/nature photographers.
The kit sections are useful for people trying to figure out what they need(if you ignore the weapons/ammunition )
And I've looked at the Escape and evasion kit section umpteen times as the SAS belt order It's pretty much a "survival kit"
but the last half of the book from
chapter 5, THE ART OF SURVIVING onwards is more useful and varied, subjects covered include (in order):
shelter for survival (Man made (tarp/poncho) and natrual shelter).
Combating the climate (how to deal with cold weather, frostbite awareness etc).
travel in the arctic(useful for arctic bushcraft courses! including making snow shoes from natrual materials)
Jungle travel (aimed at soldiers but still useful info on medicine and kit you might need).
Making fire pt 1 (Includes basics various Matches lighters etc plus Friction firelighting with bow, saw, and thong!)
Making fire pt 2 (More advanced ideas like the Maori oven)
Beware the Unseen enemy (general health/parasites)
The Inner soldier(how to use army rations, mess tins etc (the tinned rations featured are long outdated ))
The search for water(various Bushcrafty was of finding water including Indian well which Ray mears did on "Tracks")
Purifying water(this includes making cherry bark containers,bowl burning and boiling wather in a fox skin with hot stones!!)
Flint tools for survival (how to flint knapp! with decent pictures!very bushcraft!)
Alternatives to stone(using bone antler and shells as tools!)
Hunting with spears (several different designs and how to throw them!)
Choosing your Survival knife (well it was the era that Rambo was about! i do remember buying a M16 bayonet thinking it was a good survival knife!
)
Using your survival knife (including cutting, sharpening and butchering a deer!!)
Trapping Animals for food(a few snare designs and how to skin a rabbit!)
all in all if you take the first half of the book with a
"pinch of cold war flavoured salt" It's still a very useful book! I've had a copy since it was on sale in W.H.Smiths for £9.99!
there are a few "survival experts" shown in the latter parts of the book, one of the names that comes up in the "picture credits" is a company (or perhaps group?)"Freefoot" though i can't find anything on the net about them.
It's worth another look!