I'm going to give the confounding answer: yes. It, like everything else in this field, as Walter Mitty as it's owner is.

I find that it is a much more complete and up to date item than the timeless (and dated) DoD 21-76. It suffers from the focusless breadth of it's USGI counterpart, but it does have more depth. I think it is a little more focused on the primitive survival/bushcraft aspect, but once you've covered the basics, pretty much every manual over a quarter inch thick will have that problem. *Laughs*

I like it. I have a copy of the original British version, and the Pocket Books version. The later, I think, is the best form factor for a pack, although it is printed on simple, cheap paper, not waterproofed. *shrugs* Ziplocks. For the bookshelf, it should be joined by others- I rather like Lundin, but he is far from the only one.