Surviving captivity

Surviving captivity

by McNab, Chris

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During a time of war, pilots face the risk of being shot down behind enemy lines and captured. For this reason, each pilot receives training to help him endure the stresses of captivity. During an interrogation, this training and the pilots own strength and willpower are invaluable. This book discusses many of the techniques used to survive the experience of being in captivity. A captive pilot must be prepared to cope with boredom, resist interrogation, and work as a team with other prisoners. …

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Surviving captivity / Chris McNab ; introduction by Colonel John T. Carney, Jr., USAF-Ret., President, Special Operations Warrior Foundation.

Summary

During a time of war, pilots face the risk of being shot down behind enemy lines and captured. For this reason, each pilot receives training to help him endure the stresses of captivity. During an interrogation, this training and the pilots own strength and willpower are invaluable. This book discusses many of the techniques used to survive the experience of being in captivity. A captive pilot must be prepared to cope with boredom, resist interrogation, and work as a team with other prisoners. In addition, he must know how to go about escaping if he has the opportunity. Discover: how some U.S. pilots in Vietnam coped with seven years of imprisonment, how interrogators try to trick people into talking, how interrogators are trained to detect lies, survival techniques during escape, tracking skills used by escaping pilots and the pursuing enemy.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Mason Crest
  • Place of Publication:Broomall, PA
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2015

The Physical Object

  • Description:64 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781422230893, 1422230899, 9781422230817, 1422230813
  • oclc:ocn881313909
  • LC Classification:U225
  • Dewey Decimal:355.1/296

Table of Contents

The USAF and prisoners -- Being a prisoner -- Interrogation -- Surviving prison life -- Escape -- Survive in the wilderness -- Series glossary of key terms -- Equipment requirements.

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Subjects

Air pilots, Military -- Juvenile litera… Air pilots, Military -- Training of Captivité -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse captivity Captivity -- Juvenile literature Combat survival Combat survival -- Juvenile literature Hostages Interrogatoire militaire -- Ouvrages po… Juvenile works Literature Littérature Military interrogation Military interrogation -- Juvenile lite… Military readiness Pilotes d'aéronef militaires -- Ouvrage… Prisoners of war Prisoners of war -- Juvenile literature… Special forces (Military science) Survie en zone de combat -- Ouvrages po…

Writers

McNab, Chris

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