Win the battles of defending your retreat by avoiding them! Learn how to harden your city or rural refuge by locating it well and disguising it. "The best defense is obscurity, unobtrusiveness and silence," Benson writes. Chapters are Who Is the Enemy?, What If It Comes to a Fight?, Beyond Firepower and more. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, soft cover, photos, 136 pp. 

America’s leading survival author debunks the myth that the only way to survive is to stock a retreat in the mountains. He tells urban dwellers how to find water, trap and butcher game, preserve food, position a city retreat for maximum safety, avoid troops and barter with other survivors. You’ll learn which weapons are absolute necessities and which aren’t worth having and confront the all-important topic of survival nursing care. Using real-life examples from people who’ve lived through turmoil in cities around the world, Ragnar gives you the solid information you will need to make it if the worst-case scenario becomes a reality. 5 ½ x 8 ½, soft cover, photos, illus., 200 pp.

This book reveals how burglars actually target and break into buildings and offers proven techniques and tactics for thwarting would-be burglars, from neighborhood vandals to the most sophisticated art thieves and government agents. The advice includes dozens of low-tech, low-cost, low-maintenance measures to safeguard your home or office inside and out. An extensive section on alarms shows you the best way to install a secure system that meets your protection needs, as well as how even the most expensive of these systems can be circumvented if you’re not careful. The last part of the book details reliable home safes, gun storage, vehicle alarms and other special situations, including how you can protect yourself and family members when you are away from home. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, soft cover, illus., 264 pp.

The nuclear threat has faded, but on the streets of America, danger looms ever larger. As the problems change, so must your means of coping. Victor Santoro tells you how to prepare for real-life threats like recessions, strikes, lawsuits, medical malpractice and street crime. Master the art of surviving in a hostile world. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, soft cover, 168 pp.

Learn every facet of the grim, violent world of guerrilla warfare: basic field craft; mines and booby traps; tunnel construction and strategy; ambushes; urban and nocturnal tactics; interrogation, indoctrination and exploitation; psyops; and more. For academic study only. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, soft cover, photos, illus., 232 pp.