The official illustrated guide from the US Army on the best ways to fight and win when you are reduced to going toe to toe with an enemy: fundamentals, vulnerable points., holds, and escapes, and more.

This manual was created to teach American solider hand-to-hand fighting techniques. It describes blows, holds, footwork, armwork, and other maneuvers that can be used to disable or kill an enemy. It explains how to us all available objects as weapons, and stresses aggressive tactics. You can subdue an opponent only through offensive measures.

What will you do if you are attached by an enemy with a knife? What are your vulnerable points? How will you disarm him? United States soldiers have been involved in those kinds of fights for centuries. This is what they've learned. This is how to fight. This is how to win.

Author: U S Department of the Army
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 11/01/2009
Series: US Army Survival
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 7.02h x 5.02w x 0.77d
ISBN: 9781602397828


Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2010 pg. 282

About the Author
The Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. Its mission is to fight and win our Nation's wars by providing prompt, sustained land dominance across the full range of military operations and spectrum of conflict in support of combatant commanders.