Review: Contradictory
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 23, 2014
THE PATRIOT HANDBOOK - Acting With Valor In Times OF Trial by John Anderson starts with a very bleak view of the future that will feed into any paranoids game plan. Anderson provides a brief history of the decline of previous civilizations. The book lists a host of possibilities for the worst case scenario that will eventually lead to our decline. Yet, Anderson goes on to provide very brief tips on how we can survive the inevitable apocalypse. In some respects this is very contradictory to believe that you are going to survive a worst case scenario. And, even if you have the skills to survive most people do not have the mental tenacity for forge on under less than ideal circumstances. Realistically, the advice that is provided in this book will serve you in the short term only. To believe otherwise is only fooling yourself. Very few are coming out of the worst case scenario doing well.I wanted to like this book but it is based on the doom and gloom apocalyptic premise for which your chances of survival regardless of how well you think you are prepared is minimal. The advice given is not for apocalyptic circumstances but is more suited to prepping for a relatively short term calamity. In one sections he states, "If the apocalypse is due to something nuclear then you just might run out of breathable air. So bottle up fresh air. China has already started doing it." Really! Does anyone think they have the capability of storing enough air to survive such a situation! As the book goes on the advice gets more ridiculous. This book is a great example that a little information can actually be dangerous. By the time I got to the end of this book I think that the authors intent is that this book is a joke that many will not get. I think he may be correct. Oh, remember to be patriotic.I agree that we are living in less than ideal times and there are problems to be dealt with in the future. This is undeniable based on global events, the economy, acquired national and individual debt, etc. But, it does not mean that the worst case scenario is inevitable. And if it is the advice in this book is not going to save you.As far as writing goes there are a lot of spelling errors, use of incorrect words, and numerous grammatical errors. This work would benefit from an editor to correct the numerous mistakes.Skip this book!