Nuclear War Survival Skills or NWSS by Cresson Kearny is a civil defense manual. It contains information gleaned from research performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory during the Cold War, as well as from Kearny's extensive jungle living and international travels.
The book aims to provide a general audience with advice on how to survive conditions likely to be encountered in the event of a nuclear catastrophe, as well as encouraging optimism in the face of such a catastrophe by asserting the survivability of a nuclear war.
The topics covered in NWSS include:
This book was placed in the public domain by the author and is available in digital format for free online (see 'external links' below) and elsewhere. In the printed form a modest charge will generally be incurred. The printed book bears (ISBN 0-942487-01-X).