Bruce D. Clayton is a noted
forest fire
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and
biological control
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ecologist
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as well as being the author of several books of interest within the
survivalist movement.
Biography
Clayton received his
bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to si ...
in
zoology
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and
botany
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from
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...
in 1972, followed by his
doctorate
A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...
in ecology from the
University of Montana
The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. UM reported 10,962 undergraduate and graduate students in the fa ...
in 1978. He is a California state-certified instructor of radiological defense techniques and
fallout shelter
A fallout shelter is an enclosed space specially designated to protect occupants from radioactive debris or fallout resulting from a nuclear explosion. Many such shelters were constructed as civil defense measures during the Cold War.
During ...
management.
His 1980 book ''Life After Doomsday'' (
Dial Press
The Dial Press was a publishing house founded in 1923 by Lincoln MacVeagh.
The Dial Press shared a building with '' The Dial'' and Scofield Thayer worked with both. The first imprint was issued in 1924.
Authors included Elizabeth Bowen, W. ...
, ), a self-described "survivalist guide to nuclear war and other major disasters" was an influential book within the
survivalist movement. His most recent survival book i
''Life After Terrorism: What You Need to Know to Survive in Today's World''(
Paladin Press
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, 2002, ) which was published in the wake of
9/11
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commerci ...
. Clayton was given the Eugene Wigner Award for his work in educating the American public about civil preparedness by the US Civil Defense Council.
Clayton has studied the
Martial arts
Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; and the preser ...
since his undergraduate days at UCLA. Starting with
wrestling
Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat s ...
under Coach Briggs Hunt, he moved through
Judo
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo") ...
,
Shotokan Karate
is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin Funakoshi was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularizing "karate do" throug ...
,
Taekwando, and finally, back again to Shotokan. He is currently a 7th degree black belt with the International San Ten Karate Association.
In 2004 he released the book ''Shotokan's Secret: The Hidden Truth Behind Karate's Fighting Origins'' (Black Belt Communications, ), detailing his research into the origins of Okinawan karate.
An expanded edition (Black Belt Communications, ) which includes new artwork, lithographs and photo sequences, and six new chapters of new historical research which analyzes the enemies that unarmed Okinawan bodyguards faced, was published in 2010.
Bibliography (selected)
Nonfiction
*''Fallout Survival''
*''Life After Doomsday''
*''Life After Terrorism: What You Need to Know to Survive in Today's World''
*''Shotokan's Secret: The Hidden Truth Behind Karate's Fighting Origins''
*''Shotokan's Secret (Expanded Edition): The Hidden Truth Behind Karate's Fighting Origins''
*''Survival Books 1981'' (with Mary Ellen Clayton)
*''Thinking About Survival''
*''Tough Times Survival Guide'' (contributor)
*''Urban Alert''
Fiction
''Myre (The Secular Wizardry Saga Book 1)''
See also
*
Fallout shelter
A fallout shelter is an enclosed space specially designated to protect occupants from radioactive debris or fallout resulting from a nuclear explosion. Many such shelters were constructed as civil defense measures during the Cold War.
During ...
*
Cresson Kearny Cresson Henry Kearny (; – ) wrote several survival-related books based primarily on research performed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Career
Kearny attended Texas Military Institute in the 1930s, where he became the commanding officer of th ...
*
Retreat (survivalism)
In the survivalist subculture or movement, a retreat is a place of refuge. Sometimes their retreats are called a bug-out location (BOL), a bunker, or a bolt hole. Survivalist retreats are intended to be self-sufficient and easily defended. Gen ...
*
Survivalism
Survivalism is a social movement of individuals or groups (called survivalists or preppers) who proactively prepare for emergencies, such as natural disasters, as well as other disasters causing disruption to social order (that is, civil disor ...
*
Mel Tappan
Mel Tappan (1933 – 1980, born Melrose H. Tappan III) was the editor of the newsletter ''Personal Survival ("P.S.") Letter'' and the books ''Survival Guns'' and ''Tappan on Survival''. Tappan was an influential leader of the Survivalist movement ...
References
Living people
Survivalists
American non-fiction writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
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