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ing_them! This is not another grab-agun-and-sho book. It is @ book describing the ultimate in courage— planned, prepared resistance. "A retreat is a place you go to live, not die, Setting ‘up a retreat is, for the most part, practicing the art of the possible. It's a matter of wisely and shrewdly Identifying what you have avallable and turning it into something usable... Fight if you must, but try ‘your utmost to orchestrate events so that confront ton is absolutely the romedy of last resort.” Ragnar Benson A PALADIN PRESS BOOK ISBN 0-873b4-275-9 v0) | ATOTAL PLAN FOR RETREAT DEFENSE igs Gnse Unser ony Figur bt tg" ads Pv On Ta Ae De Gr Te ‘Sonal Paci Senne cto Contents Introduction Why Retreat? What Isa Retreat? « Practical Retreat Designs’... 21 What Do You Have to Protect? =... 35 Getting to Your Retreat ..... 41 Retreat Location ..... 49 Who Is the Enemy? «2... 57 ‘The Peychology of Defense ....- 65 ‘The Retreater’s Arsenal... 75 Beyond Firepower ..... 85 Making It Difficult «s+ 91 What if It Comes to Fight? ‘The Ubimate Scenario ......107 [Appendix I-Commercal Sources ... “Appendix Il-The Defensible Retreat Gheek List... 117 Bibliography... 125 101 Introduction Thus 1 xor asomer nov.s. batieankandamdoreteeh book about se a thrceday fret wih Your naghbor afer {hc colape By contention at pas we one of the fet el cee Serius psi Cooma pects of efndng your semen, Thnteads 1 hae stenpied to put tgeber infra ton of genuine pata rae tn wil ally tench vivo how to pote rfevet In dong 1,1 are Picrienly mecer pet corninnesn ol iinet f number a people whe hae made i ough tug tortoldobarel savinl sation, Since bovwort of thatere could shoul ho il ut bing the fina word, Ihave ako sted quite oto cae er Savors with some military backround wil pob- suiy a0 mbt dag wih ty bee See