Can I read Cold Steel: Technique of Close Combat on EtoBox?

Cold Steel: Technique of Close Combat by John Styers. Text prepared by Karl Schuon. Photos. by Louis Lowery is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Cold Steel: Technique of Close Combat about?

Hand-to-hand fighting; Bayonets; KnivesPaladin has obtained exclusive reprint rights to this classic (originally published by Leatherneck magazine), which was the Marine bible of unarmed combat. Emphasizing the practice aspect of bayonet, knife and stick fighting, this rare volume also provides short courses in unarmed combat and knife throwing. For academic study only. This is an excellent reprint of what I believe to be WWII or slightly later information and B&W photos. The bayonet and knife throwing sections may be irrelevant to most as other reviewers have noted. In WWII there may have been enough bayonets lying around to throw, but the modern knife carrier would not throw his weapon away. Throwing knives such as those made by Randall are indeed different, although the author says any knife will do.The book is extremely well illustrated and the non-weapon hand to hand fighting scenes are particularly well done. Also, the use of a short baton is well explained.

Author

John Styers. Text prepared by Karl Schuon. Photos. by Louis Lowery

Publisher

Paladin Press

Published

1974

Language

EN

ISBN

9780873640251

Subjects

Military, Government_military

Rating

3.76 / 5 (16 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14