Preparedness Notes for Thursday — August 3, 2023
On August 3rd 1914, Germany and France both declared war on each other, formally beginning of the First World War. — Today’s feature is a book review by SurvivalBlog’s founder and Senior Editor, JWR.
Day: August 3, 2023
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Book Review: The Area Intelligence Handbook
There are just a few times in the past decade that I’ve opened a book and felt an immediate connection with its author. That is what happened when I began reading The Area Intelligence Handbook, by Mike Shelby. I suppose that a better title for the book would be: The Area Intelligence Handbook For Survivalists, because that is how the book is geared. This 249-page trade paperback is not just a generic manual on Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB) for folks in the Military Intelligence (MI) arena. Rather, it is truly tailored for preparedness-minded private citizens, in anticipation of …
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The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods
SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, word of a new Covid virus variant. Scientists Discover The ‘Most Mutated Covid Variant Ever’ Business Today of India reports: Scientists discover the ‘most mutated Covid variant ever’ …
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The Editors’ Quote of the Day:
“Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.” – Theodore Roosevelt
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