The Survival Option: A Guide to Living Through Nuclear War by Ivan Tyrrell. Published by Panther Books, Granada Publishing Ltd, 1983. First published by Jonathan Cape Ltd 1982. Copyright Ivan Tyrrell 1982. ISBN 0-586-06047-2. Illustrated. Published at the height of Cold War anxiety in Britain, this is a practical civil defence manual addressed to the reality that government nuclear shelters were reserved for officials, not the public. Tyrrell, then Information Officer for the Nuclear Protection Advisory Group (NuPAG), argues against the prevailing official attitude of paralysis and provides grounded evidence-based guidance on surviving and recovering from a nuclear exchange. Topics include nuclear blast, heat, and radiation effects; improvised shelter construction; decontamination; food and water sourcing; and longer-term social reconstruction. Praised by Doris Lessing in The Guardian. Endorsed by the British Medical Journal. A genuine historical document of the nuclear age. Bibliographic details: Panther Books, Granada Publishing Ltd. Published 1983. First published Jonathan Cape 1982. ISBN 0-586-06047-2. Condition: Good. Cover shows wear consistent with age; small rubber stamp from Theosophical Society Wodonga to an interior page. Text block clean. Binding firm.