Cresson H. Kearny<\/b> was a graduate of the Texas Military Institute and of Princeton University. He worked for Standard Oil in Venezuela and served in the US Army as a captain in the Panama Mobile Force. Many of his jungle-tested inventions were used by US infantrymen in WWII. In 1964, Kearny joined the Oak Ridge National Laboratory civil defense project, which is where the research supporting his book Nuclear War Survival Skills<\/i> was conducted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This edition of Cresson H. Kearny\u2019s iconic Nuclear War Survival Skills<\/i> (originally published in 1979), updated by Kearny himself in 1987 and again in 2001, offers expert advice for ensuring your family\u2019s safety should the worst come to pass. Chock-full of practical instructions and preventative measures, Nuclear War Survival Skills<\/i> is based on years of meticulous scientific research conducted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory.<\/p>\n
Featuring a new introduction by ex-Navy SEAL Don Mann, this book also includes: instructions for six different fallout shelters, myths and facts about the dangers of nuclear weapons, tips for maintaining an adequate food and water supply, a foreword by \u201cthe father of the hydrogen bomb,\u201d physicist Dr. Edward Teller, and an \u201cAbout the Author\u201d note by Eugene P. Wigner, physicist and Nobel Laureate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"product_cat":[40],"product_tag":[],"yoast_head":"\n