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CSS Material comes from lots of different sources. But
the core lessons and themes can be found in
specific books.

If you are going to be involved with CSS this year,
you need to read these books and show up
with substantial comprehension of what they are saying.

These are the books that CSS types
"NEED" to read:
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The Basic Field Craft Course

98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive!
Cody Lundin

SURVIVAL
James Churchill

Hatchet
Gary Paulsen

The Military Survival Manuals
http://www.equipped.org/multiservice_ser_manual_1999.pdf
http://www.equipped.org/fm3-0570.htm

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The Main CSS Course

Deep Survival: Who lives, Who dies, and Why
Laurence Gonzales

The Commandos
Douglas Waller

The Field Guide of Wilderness and Rescue Medicine
Jim Morrissey and David Johnson

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Seriously, read these books. Cadets and Instructors, especially, it is going to be painfully obvious if
you have not read the material.

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