The Special Forces Unarmed Combat Guide, by Martin J. Dougherty, may sound like one of those utterly insane books that have no relationship to real life.
"Special Forces? Really? You're kidding, aren't you? That's Navy SEAL crap. That's stupid. And I'm going home."
Believe it or not, it's not half as bad as you might think. This is one of those books that take a somewhat realistic viewpoint on self defense, even going through many of the legalities of defending yourself.
It also covers:
Evaluating a self defense class.
Avoiding a fight in the first place.
Paying attention, areas to avoid, et al.
In short, it's a fairly practical book.
However, there is one slight fault: there are parts of the book where Dougherty goes into the realm of uselessness. While the book, for the majority of the time, covers useful, straightforward, and simple modes of attack, and tactics, near the end of book, it starts to cover more complicated territory that you really don't want to try at home.
On the other hand, even this is remedied by an admonition in earlier chapters: go to a self defense class, and practice this stuff yourself.
Over all, a fairly useful little book.
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