Books about survivng recent collapses?

[Scratchy]

Hello,

Does anyone have any recommendations of books detailing how people coped in & adapted to societal upheavals & collapses in recent times (& the kind of unpleasant surprises encountered, what this brought out in desperate people etc)? Places like Yugoslavia, USSR, Argentina(?)/Venezuela are examples that come to mind, I suppose parts of Africa would be relevant too (above & below the Sahara). Some recommendations of books detailing how people carry on in continual states of destitution & proto-gulagisation would be appreciated too.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Selco from the Balkans

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[Scratchy]

Thanks Matt this looks just the thing, think I may have heard of this some time ago but it didn’t come to mind.

Does anyone know if there’s a hardcopy compendium of Serco’s works or anywhere still selling physical book copies of his published works (besides ebay etc)?

Another book of potential interest:

I Read The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse

Review of Fernando Aguirre’s collapse survival guide.

[Anonymous]

Ferfal has some interesting things to say. I disagree with his approach to a few things especially in the tactical realm greatly. Selco and I also don’t always agree either.
Part of it depends on your location and ability to have what I have. Neither of them had the 2A nor the ability to have things like night vision, armor etc at the start of the collapse.
They do offer great insight and a prospective most will never see. I served in the Balkans before the main force moved in. It definitely opened my eyes.

I don’t know if a book but the other place worth paying attention to is South Africa

[Anonymous]

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[Tolik]

Here is a good general purpose book . It covers a little bit of everything . Very good for beginers and young adults .

[Scratchy]

Regarding SA books on the Boer War will provide some perspective too.

[Crow Bar]

I have in the past read books on things like the German occupation of France during WWII, or the failed uprising of the Poles in Warsaw Poland in 1944.

[Scratchy]

Yes, these will all be good areas to research, Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipeligo (& Holodomor?) too.

Some other books about life in prison – the worst prisons & for lengthy/life stays – would also provide a great insight into how to survive when the S really HTF.

Anyone know of any books like this?

[Rich Sullivan]

i think you should start studying what is going on in South Africa now, they are really in SHIT HITS THE FAN, my friend in S Africa confirms everything that is in this recent Vice video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cew-BnjA_q4

 

[Scratchy]

Thanks, might be best for Boers to return to Mother Europe & assist in prepping for the defence against the UN estimated 4 billion sub-saharans come century’s end.

[John Edwards]

Ragnar Benson Urban Survival is an interesting read

 

[Scratchy]

Thanks, will check it out.

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