The World's Most Dangerous Places
ISBN 0-06-001160-2 | | |
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The World's Most Dangerous Places is handbook of survival tactics for high-risk regions first published in 1994, written by
National Geographic Adventure columnist Robert Young Pelton and his contributors.[2] The fifth edition was published in 2003.[3]
Summary
The book is divided into three parts.
The first is a primer on the basics of staying safe in war zones and high-crime areas. This includes safety advice regarding transportation, crime, terrorism, bribery, disease, drugs, weapons, kidnappings, land mines, mercenaries, and more.
The second is essentially a chapter-by-chapter list of dangerous locales. Each nation or autonomous administrative division is assigned a rating depending on the level and type of danger.
The third section contains the authors' first-hand stories of traveling through the listed places.
Bibliography
- Robert Young Pelton. The World's Most Dangerous Places (April 1, 2003 ed.). Collins. p. 1088. ISBN 0-06-001160-2.
- The Best American Travel Writing
- Best Adventure and Travel Stories
- Boots on the Ground
References
- PBS. 2004-03-24. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
- ^ "Come Back Alive". Retrieved 25 October 2013.
- ISBN 9780060011604. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for War zone safety.