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| | Kill or get killed |  | Author: Rex Applegate
Publisher: Military Service Pub. Co
Category: Book
Buy Used: $25.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 316
ASIN: B0007HDS3M
Publication Date: 1952
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Publisher: Military Service PublishingDate of Publication: 1952Binding: Hard CoverEdition: Second EditionCondition: Very Good/FairDescription: 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall Unmarked Clean and Solid 2nd printing of secind edition Dust jacket missing jagged 1-2 inches along top front edge and with some cuts along edges; now in protective mylar jacket.
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Product Description
This is the best and longest-selling book on close combat in history. Reprinted and in current use by the U.S. Marine Corps as an official training manual, it details methods of self-defense, offensive close combat, combat shooting and crowd-control techniques in riot situations. Colonel Rex Applegate is widely regarded as the father of modern close combat and combat shooting, and this book is considered the standard by which all other books on the subject are judged.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
KILLING Has Never Been So EASY! April 29, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
First printed in 1943 this book continues to be a staple reference on the subject of combatives. Over time this book has become dated and some of the subjects debunked and or disputed (for example the time table of death and point shooting). But with that this text is still of importance, value and significance in the field of hand-to-hand combat. In its day this book was the best example of practical combative techniques and sound training advice, as all this information was acquired on the fields of battle and mean streets of some of the worlds most violent cities of the time.
This book covers a vast array of subjects; hand-to-hand, close quarter marksmanship, pistolcraft, long-gun employment, riot control, stick and knife fighting and even Fieldcraft!
In establishing this book Applegate worked with and collaborated with his British equivalent, the legendary Fairbairn, as well as just about every other prominent combative instructors of the day.
The techniques and methods depicted in this book are not merely theoretically interesting but proven in war, so take that for what it is worth.
Overall this book is a great historical reference and a must own for the professional warrior.
 Defendu April 27, 2008
Excellent nononsense text expands on Fairbairn's work. Recommend for anyone interested in this topic
 Pretty good January 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a pretty informative book, and interesting, especially if you are interested in WWII hand-to-hand tactics. With that said, however, learning close combat (or any martial art) from a book is not very doable. Also, why is this book going for so much when you can get it free online?
Getting an out-of-print book November 23, 2007
Mostly good points -- the book was essentially as advertised, was clean, and was shipped promptly. Good service. Only criticism (but not a deal breaker) is that this is a Paladin Press reprint of a reprint of a reprint. Quality of the graphics is pretty degraded from the original. Still, it's a classic, and I'm happy overall.
god help you if you think you need this book September 23, 2007
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
as another has said, this is NOT a self defense manual. This was written in early WW2 as a guide to combat troops, on how to kill. As a young 15 year old, tired of being bullied and beaten in high school by thugs, i bought and read this book.
but after learning how to break a sitting man's neck without yourself breaking stride, or how to silence a sentry by a commando knife thrust to his kidneys, while simultaneously smothering his outcry, i was not really better prepared to defend myself at basketball games in tough neighborhoods, since i did not really want to kill my teenaged opponents.
the lessons of this book have no place in civilized society, and anyone who feels a need for this book in peacetime is to be pitied, and may even need psychiatric help. this is a book with a very accurate title, it is on learning to kill, a very serious business.
i am surprized it is still in print, and had not thought of it for 50 years or so, until watching ken burns WW2 movie tonight.
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