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Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War - Mary Roach

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War - Mary Roach
  1. One morning you wake up and realize you just never thought that much about the stuff of war. Thankfully, Roach has gone before and asked the awkward questions. Yeah, new weapons and planes and ships have to be developed, I knew about those enormous contracts.. But also someone has to work out all the other stuff: what things do people really need to carry? what’s the best way to keep people alive? What makes a weapon ideal? Roach is out there following her curiousity to places I never considered, and arousing mine.

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