"This book outlines a model for evaluating risks that weighs the probability of disastrous events against the cost of preparing for them. It also looks at the supplies and equipment essential to surviving sudden catastrophes, and examines the merits and legal implications of dif…
"This book outlines a model for evaluating risks that weighs the probability of disastrous events against the cost of preparing for them. It also looks at the supplies and equipment essential to surviving sudden catastrophes, and examines the merits and legal implications of dif…
Leading the reader through simple yet powerful, brutally effective methods of self-defense designed for use in myriad street crime scenarios, this guide explains the use of force continuum and teaches how to efficiently avoid potentially violent encounters though the use of "pre…
This fourth No Holds Barred Fighting training manual contains all fighters need to know about the art of takedowns, or 'shooting', and how to counter takedown tactics used by an opponent. Readers learn to see it from both sides with offensive and defensive stances, footwork, set…
This is not a book about fighting. In fact, this book is more about avoiding violence than using it. All aspects of street self-defence are covered including stance, guard and movement, striking and grappling, escaping grabs and chokes, distractions and diversions, defending you…
Who should die?: the ethics of killing in war
This volume collects influential and groundbreaking philosophical work on killing in war. It serves as a convenient and authoritative collection uniquely suited for university-level teaching and as a reference for ethicists, policymakers, stakeholders, and any student of the mor…
Who should die?: the ethics of killing in war
War remains a grim fixture of the human landscape, and because of its tremendous and ongoing impact on the lives of millions of people, has always attracted the attention of careful, rigorous, and empathetic moral philosophers. And while war is synonymous with death and ruin, ve…
Annotation This Quick Guide presents basic principles and preparations that may improve an individual's ability to respond to and survive terrorist attacks that use chemical, radiological, nuclear, or biological weapons. A removable reference card is included.