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Roach, Mary.
Grunt :
the curious science of humans at war /
Mary Roach.
First edition.
New York, NY :
W.W. Norton & Company,
2016.
285 pages :
illustrations ;
22 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references.
Second skin: what to wear to war -- Boom box: automotive safety for people who drive on bomb -- Fighting by ear: the conundrum of military noise -- Below the belt: the cruelest shot of all -- It might get weird: a salute to genital transplants -- Carnage under fire: how do combat medics cope? -- Sweating bullets: the war on heat -- Leaky SEALs: diarrhea as a threat to national security -- The maggot paradox: flies on the battlefield, for better and worse -- What doesn't kill you will make you reek: a brief history of stink bombs -- Old chum: how to make and test shark repellent -- That sinking feeling: when things go wrong under the sea -- Up and under: a submarine tries to sleep -- Feedback from the fallen: how the dead help the living stay that way.
20160627.
Military art and science
United States
Technological innovations.
Military art and science
Technological innovations
United States
History
21st century.
Military research
United States.
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