100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative's Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation

Great book that stays entertaining while still being informative

Interesting book

If you want an insight into the skills and techniques employed by SF and Intelligence Service operatives, this is a good book to give you an overview. The information on trade craft is good but the book isn't just of interest to budding Walter Mitty types. Depending on the sort of activities you get up to, and what parts of the planet you visit, the contents of this book could potentially save your life, and get you out of serious scrapes. The information given on defeating the security of others also serves a useful purpose in highlighting our own vulnerabilities, allowing us to take remedial measures. For instance, and on a very basic level, learning just how easy it is to quickly clone a set of keys will hopefully stop you from ever leaving yours unattended, or placing them on view again. There's advice here applicable to kinetic encounters too, with defensive skills such as disarming a pistol carrying assailant, surviving a grenade attack and coping with an active shooter incident. Offensive skills and techniques are discussed as well, but unless your own life is demonstrably under imminent and serious threat, using some of them would see you ending up with a criminal record and a long stay in prison. So it's best to absorb this particular material with a view to educating yourself as to what others might potentially do to you, unless you maintain good situational awareness, and always remain vigilant. The author is a retired SF Operator with Seal Teams 3 and 6, and the NSA.

Great value for money, this book has everything to keep you alive, well done to Clint, just the book I have been looking for, if any book will keep you alive this book will. Money well spent, full of fantastic information, this is definitely a prepper book you should not be without. It is written well, clear and concise. Easy to read, lots of illustrations easy to carry in your back pack. The topics covered you will not find in other prepper books, it's as the author says, apply the information responsibly and wisely. I will be sharing this book and recommending to other responsible people. Thank you for your knowledge shared and your service.

Amazing book

This is okay, but the bits that are likely to useful to the ordinary person are just common sense, for instance, using concrete pillars, not flimsy items to take cover behind, if there is an attack on a shopping centre, run in a zig zag direction to be harder to hit. Much of the rest of the content is for want to be people playing at special forces, I mean why do ordinary UK people need to know how to cross land or sea borders without detection, or pick locks. How to make a home made tazer, some bits like that are highly illegal here and really should not be in a book for all the idiots to read. I learned virtually nothing from it that I didn't already know or have no use for. I think that the title and the fact that an ex seal has written it is probably why it sells. There is the odd useful bit of info for those with no common sense such as go for hotel rooms no higher than the second floor, so that exit in a fire are easier. Also what normal person needs to know how to clear their dive mask without the bubbles giving away their position! However don't let me put anyone off it's not exactly a fortune to make up your own mind.

Perhaps one of the funniest books I have read in recent times. Packed full of fascinating details, most of which the normal person will never need. Here you will find out how to bury a body properly so that it will not be found, how to make a deadly weapon out of a newspaper, how to convert an umbrella into a cosh, and much, much more! Hilarious reading, and a guaranteed laugh on almost every page. You will feel like James Bond at the end of it....

Good book from made by a former navy seal. Provides a good knowledge of bushcraft and more.

Loved it

This is a VERY Serious book! I wanted to know self defense. I got that from the book. Half of the book is CRAZY STRONG information. It surprised me. But the details for what I read for what I wanted to know. Details are very great. Pictures in book are very helpful. Keeping major body parts safe, self defense etc etc. Good book. Shocking Chapters. Besides that Very well done!

100 Deadly Skills is an engaging, eye-opening guide that goes beyond just military tactics—it’s about situational awareness, survival, and preparedness in real-world scenarios. Written by a former Navy SEAL, this book breaks down skills and techniques in a way that’s easy to understand and practical, even if you’re not in special ops. I originally picked this up because I work across a lot of different fields (from private investigations to philanthropy to meditation and shamanic journeying—I know, I’m well-rounded!). But this book really tapped into the importance of being aware and prepared no matter what world you’re operating in. The illustrations are great, and the step-by-step explanations make even the most intense tactics feel accessible. It’s a mix of serious survival skills, security tips, and fascinating strategies—stuff you might not ever need, but it’s cool to know you could. Amazon delivered it quickly and in perfect condition, as always. If you’re into self-defense, preparedness, or just enjoy learning skills that could make you feel more confident in unexpected situations, this book is definitely worth the read. It’s fascinating, fun, and makes you think differently about the world around you.

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La verdad es que el libro es de muy buena calidad. Sus hojas son claras y no tienen defectos de páginas o en la impresión. La verdad es que hay cosas que una persona que no está en una rama militar o cosas asi, es muy poco probable que llegue a usarlo. Aún así, de este libro se pueden sacar muy buenos consejo y habilidades para uso diario y que es bueno saber y aplicar en la vida diaria. Lo recomiendo totalmente.