After 50 years of writing, teaching and advocating for survival preparedness and self-reliance, James C. Jones has covered about every survival-related subject there is. Knowing that no survival book can cover every aspect of surviving every situation, in this book Jones decided to focus on subjects that he felt were the most likely needs and for which he could create useful instruction. His goal was to share a variety of practical survival skills, principles and ideas in an easy-to-read format to aid the reader in becoming stronger, safer and more self-reliant. He derived his 10 survival principles from analysis of true survival accounts. Studies of why some people survived fires, plane crashes, assaults and other deadly situations while others in the same situations perished confirm that these principles made the difference. Although the data and concepts were taken from accounts of acute disasters - such as tornadoes, floods and epidemics - they apply equally well to chronic disasters, such as economic decline, unemployment or family and health issues.