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Grunt : the curious science of humans at war
Published 2016 by W W Norton & Co Inc 2016 by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York
ISBN 9780393245448
Bib Id 845565
Edition First edition.
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2016-008754
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9780393245448 hardcover $26.95
0393245446
9780393354379 (paperback) $15.95
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355.0709 R
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Grunt : the curious science of humans at war
Edition
First edition.
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2016 by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York :
Description
pages cm
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Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
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 -- Carnageunder 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.
Summary
Explores the science of keeping humans healthy and focused in the extreme environments of war, drawing on interviews with doctors, trainers, and weapons testers to illuminate how soldiers are conditioned to survive traumas.
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