“The system that sustains people with food is an illusion to most people and may as well be magical and as real as Disneyland. It consists primarily of the grocery store and restaurants in the minds of most people. This system has not broken down for most in the world, to create death by starvation for decades. So, the impact of the warning of my words to “store food now” is not there, because the suffering of starvation cannot be conveyed by most of Planet Earth’s living or their ancestors, as few have experienced it.”
“Countless conversations have taken place over food, starvation and survival from the lack of food during previous famines in the world. Most of those who buried their heads in the sand to the previous warnings of those famines you will never know… because they and their entire bloodlines are gone forever… never to exist again.” - Jack Lawson, Author of the Civil Defense Manual
From Jack Lawson… an American in 1RLI Support Commando and attached to Rhodesian “C Squadron” SAS Africa 1976-79
A random observation, but I love the typefaces used... They were common in the 50's and 60's but vanished sometime in the 1970's. I wish my dad (a print shop operator of the now extinct type that likely produced this book) was still alive so I could see if he had any idea why.
You can also see in a couple of spots where whoever prepped the artwork and negative got a bit sloppy and didn't do the cleanup work.
“The system that sustains people with food is an illusion to most people and may as well be magical and as real as Disneyland. It consists primarily of the grocery store and restaurants in the minds of most people. This system has not broken down for most in the world, to create death by starvation for decades. So, the impact of the warning of my words to “store food now” is not there, because the suffering of starvation cannot be conveyed by most of Planet Earth’s living or their ancestors, as few have experienced it.”
“Countless conversations have taken place over food, starvation and survival from the lack of food during previous famines in the world. Most of those who buried their heads in the sand to the previous warnings of those famines you will never know… because they and their entire bloodlines are gone forever… never to exist again.” - Jack Lawson, Author of the Civil Defense Manual
From Jack Lawson… an American in 1RLI Support Commando and attached to Rhodesian “C Squadron” SAS Africa 1976-79
In addition to Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece _Doctor Strangelove_, 1964 was the year in which the more "serious" film about accidental nuclear weapons use, _Fail Safe_ (dir. Sidney Lumet), was released. There was also _Seven Days in May_ (dir. John Frankenheimer), a drama about a thwarted military coup by officers who objected to Soviet-American nuclear disarmament.
It was also the year that Barry Goldwater, who opposed the limited nuclear test ban treaty, ran for president. In his nomination acceptance speech, he informed the Republican National Convention, the American electorate, and the whole world, that "extremism in the defense of liberty was no vice." LBJ responded with the infamous "Daisy" commercial and won the election in a landslide.
It's easy to see why lots of people could have been spooked by the events of that year.
Interesting, if not mildly bizzare inasmuch as it seems like the equivalent of a lite beer alternative to survivalism,...
I DO have to give the Stephens full marks for timing though, given that this broke at a point in cultural history when people in the west at least were scrambling for alternatives to conventional lifestyles. It almost makes me want to get that sensory deprivation tank that I have out of mothballs,...
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I'm still trying to contact you Dr. Wellerstein, with no response after 12 attempts.
I will send again today.
Termini…
Jack Lawson
Member, Sully H. deFontaine Special Forces Association Chapter 51, Las Vegas, Nevada
Author of the “Civil Defense Manual,” “The Slaver’s Wheel,” “A Failure of Civility,” “And We Hide From The Devil” and “In Defense.” Go to http://www.JackLawsonBooks.com and http://JackLawsonBooks.Substack.com
“The system that sustains people with food is an illusion to most people and may as well be magical and as real as Disneyland. It consists primarily of the grocery store and restaurants in the minds of most people. This system has not broken down for most in the world, to create death by starvation for decades. So, the impact of the warning of my words to “store food now” is not there, because the suffering of starvation cannot be conveyed by most of Planet Earth’s living or their ancestors, as few have experienced it.”
“Countless conversations have taken place over food, starvation and survival from the lack of food during previous famines in the world. Most of those who buried their heads in the sand to the previous warnings of those famines you will never know… because they and their entire bloodlines are gone forever… never to exist again.” - Jack Lawson, Author of the Civil Defense Manual
From Jack Lawson… an American in 1RLI Support Commando and attached to Rhodesian “C Squadron” SAS Africa 1976-79
A Retreater anthem of the time....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q3j-i7GLr0
"the 1970 edition is professionally typeset"
A random observation, but I love the typefaces used... They were common in the 50's and 60's but vanished sometime in the 1970's. I wish my dad (a print shop operator of the now extinct type that likely produced this book) was still alive so I could see if he had any idea why.
You can also see in a couple of spots where whoever prepped the artwork and negative got a bit sloppy and didn't do the cleanup work.
I'm still trying to contact you Dr. Wellerstein, with no response after 12 attempts.
Well maybe today… it’s Friday the 13th!
I will send again today.
Termini…
Jack Lawson
Member, Sully H. deFontaine Special Forces Association Chapter 51, Las Vegas, Nevada
Author of the “Civil Defense Manual,” “The Slaver’s Wheel,” “A Failure of Civility,” “And We Hide From The Devil” and “In Defense.” Go to http://www.JackLawsonBooks.com and http://JackLawsonBooks.Substack.com
“The system that sustains people with food is an illusion to most people and may as well be magical and as real as Disneyland. It consists primarily of the grocery store and restaurants in the minds of most people. This system has not broken down for most in the world, to create death by starvation for decades. So, the impact of the warning of my words to “store food now” is not there, because the suffering of starvation cannot be conveyed by most of Planet Earth’s living or their ancestors, as few have experienced it.”
“Countless conversations have taken place over food, starvation and survival from the lack of food during previous famines in the world. Most of those who buried their heads in the sand to the previous warnings of those famines you will never know… because they and their entire bloodlines are gone forever… never to exist again.” - Jack Lawson, Author of the Civil Defense Manual
From Jack Lawson… an American in 1RLI Support Commando and attached to Rhodesian “C Squadron” SAS Africa 1976-79
In addition to Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece _Doctor Strangelove_, 1964 was the year in which the more "serious" film about accidental nuclear weapons use, _Fail Safe_ (dir. Sidney Lumet), was released. There was also _Seven Days in May_ (dir. John Frankenheimer), a drama about a thwarted military coup by officers who objected to Soviet-American nuclear disarmament.
It was also the year that Barry Goldwater, who opposed the limited nuclear test ban treaty, ran for president. In his nomination acceptance speech, he informed the Republican National Convention, the American electorate, and the whole world, that "extremism in the defense of liberty was no vice." LBJ responded with the infamous "Daisy" commercial and won the election in a landslide.
It's easy to see why lots of people could have been spooked by the events of that year.
It's also the year after the limited Test Ban Treaty was signed, giving some small hope that the madness could be contained.
Interesting, if not mildly bizzare inasmuch as it seems like the equivalent of a lite beer alternative to survivalism,...
I DO have to give the Stephens full marks for timing though, given that this broke at a point in cultural history when people in the west at least were scrambling for alternatives to conventional lifestyles. It almost makes me want to get that sensory deprivation tank that I have out of mothballs,...