E-Book Resource: "Defensive Living" by Ed Lovette and Dave Spaulding

 So when I discussed some of the more general sources of info recently, I generally listed some major repositories with the warning that you would need to explore those repositories to find the books and information that might interest you. But I thought I would periodically post more specific links to a collection, library, or specific titles that would be of interest to the prepper/survivalist.

     Today's selection is Defensive Living: Preserving Your Personal Safety Through Awareness, Attitude, and Armed Action (2nd edition, 2005) by Ed Lovette and Dave Spaulding. Bruce Siddle wrote the Forward, and explains what he likes about the book, including:

    Those of us who study combat performance as a science, recognize that threat recognition and fear management are fundamental principles leading to survival. Both topics always precede any serious training on close quarter combat, firearms training or evasive driving. Yet, the literature on both topics is rare, and what has been written is often esoteric and of little practical value.

    This is why I found Ed Lovette and Dave Spaulding's book so refreshing. ...

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    The gift of this text is the shared research of Dave and Ed. Lt. [sic] Dave Spaulding is a police officer who has spent a career studying victims of crimes and learning how to profile what victims did to decrease their survival. Ed Lovette is a retired CIA operations officer who spent the latter part of his career researching, developing and teaching street survival skills for CIA personnel going to high-threat environments. By combining their knowledge, they have identified the process which will give you the skills to see things develop at a distance, increase your time to avoid or evade the threat, and control the [Sympathetic Nervous System].

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