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CIVIL DEFENSE MANUAL

How to Prepare and Protect Your Neighborhood from Disaster, Riot and Civil Unrest

By Jack Lawson


Now Available!

The definitive guide to preparedness and civil defense for homes and neighborhoods. Two volumes comprising 950 pages of detailed information from authoritative sources.


by author Jack Lawson.

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Written by Special Operations Soldiers and Contributing Author experts:

Jerry Emanuelson @ FutureScience.com
Jim Phillips @ JimsWay.com
Matthew Bracken @ EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com
NC Scout @ BrushBeater.Wordpress.com
Paul Seyfried @ UndergroundSheltersUSA.com
Samuel Culper @ ForwardObserver.com
Shane Connor @ KI4U.com

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  • Matt Bracken

    The CDM is not just another long list of expensive survival gear and equipment, nor is it advice to move to a remote mountain in Montana. The CDM is much more practical than that. In fact, Lawson’s most essential idea, the Neighborhood Protection Plan, or NPP, can be adapted to any location and situation, from the urban high-rise, to apartment complexes, to single-family homes in the suburbs, and to rural areas. The critical concept behind the NPP is that the inhabitants of an individual home, townhouse or apartment building cannot stand alone and successfully defend themselves against determined attacks by roving gangs of armed predatory thugs. It will be too late to defend your single domicile when your neighbors’ homes are going up in flames.

    So, instead of buying yet another box of bullets, I strongly recommend that you invest in Jack Lawson’s Civil Defense Manual, and earn yourself a master’s degree in post-SHTF neighborhood self-defense and community survival. What you learn from the CDM will be worth a thousand times more than another extra hundred cartridges to stack on top of your already existing prepper stockpile.

    Read the full review here.

    Matt Bracken
    Enemies Foreign and Domestic
  • preparedness
    Mr. Lawson I received the copy of your manual. Excellent manual. I will be using it as my guide to train members of the ******** ****** Neighborhood Safety Group. I am the director of this group and we work closely with our city government and police department. We have been running an AmRRon Emergency Radio Net for over four years for the ******** ****** Area. Interest in neighborhood safety has increased tenfold this year for obvious reasons. I have posted your video interview with David Knight on our web page and FaceBook Page with a link to your web page. I thank you again for the manual we have for our group.
    Ray K.
    Verified Purchase
  • preparedness

    The Civil Defense Manual by Jack Lawson is a two-volume work, presented in 8.5” x 11” soft-cover Perma-Bound format. The pair of books are not sold separately. They arrived shrink-wrapped, in A-1 condition, well-cushioned in a stout USPS flat-rate box, tracked and insured. The manual is 952 pages; each volume has a glossy cover, is printed in a larger font, and has a clear and easily understood table of contents. The manual lacks an index.

    Lawson draws upon his vast experience in the military, including tours in Africa combatting armed revolutionary factions, to produce a comprehensive work that covers seemingly every conceivable natural or man-made disaster, and what preparations an American citizen must take to protect himself, his family, and his neighborhood. The sheer number of dangerous scenarios and events the average person might never think of, is staggering. The detail is considerable, and there are many illustrations, photographs, charts and graphs. There is no wasted space, no non-essential filler material, or pages intentionally left blank. There are lined pages reserved for the reader’s notes after each chapter, however.

    The primary thrust of the manual is the organization of the neighborhood protection plan, a concept essential to survival since evidence clearly shows strength is in numbers, and in a time of civil collapse, the person who tries to go it alone is likely doomed. In addition to his original text, Lawson incorporates articles by and citations to other authors, both civilian and military, who possess valuable expertise, acquired not only by careful research but also first-hand experience, as in life in countries that have suffered through revolutionary turmoil and chaos. Throughout the manual he also makes reference to other books which the reader is strongly encouraged to consult for further study.

    Lawson cautions that dangerous times may be ahead, and that it is naive to assume the racial, religious or political turmoil that has happened in other countries can never happen in the USA. The information he presents in the Civil Defense Manual can save your life.

    Anonymous
    Verified Purchase
  • David Knight
    Jack Lawson discusses the Neighborhood Protection Plan, Food & Water Storage and many other aspects of the Civil Defense Manual on David Knight's show:
    Banned.video
    David Knight show Interview with Jack Lawson
    Infowars.com - David Knight
  • preparedness

    Well, I've been through both books twice now, well done! Your contribution WILL save lives. I'm impressed with the content, a great source for most folks, even us 30 plus year preppers. I really enjoyed the content, and will be purchasing copies for my son and daughter. This book is that important.

    Two-fold, some of these guys are switched on, are serious folk. Those who aren't, need to be. This will be the best $100.00 that I’ve spent in a long time.

    Well done Jack, you and your co-writers, are to be commended.

    Dirk and Carole
    Verified Purchase

Jack Lawson

About the Author

Jack Lawson, pseudonym of the writer, served in the United States Air Force as a missile guidance and SAFO nuclear arming controls electronics technician and was later a member of a Foreign Legion rapid response anti-terrorist unit during an anti-Communist guerilla war in Africa.

He was trained by British Commonwealth SAS and Israeli commando instructors and took part in counter insurgency operations and commando raids on Communist training camps in a number of African countries. While there he became a bodyguard for a farmer’s cooperative association in his off-duty time.

Jack is an Honorary Member of a U.S. Army Special Forces Association Chapter and for seven years served on one of the largest metropolitan police department Review Boards in the country. As a member of that Review Board, he judged the justification of Officer Involved Shootings and use of deadly force incidents.

He was also a consultant to the Officer in charge of the United States Marine Corps evaluation of Fire Force procedures for heliborne vertical envelopment anti-terrorist tactics.

Other books by Jack Lawson

And We Hide from the Devil

The Slaver’s Wheel

In Defense (Coming soon)

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How to form a CDM NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION PLAN™ to protect your area against disaster, civil unrest and rioting using military tactics.

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