Grunt
Mary Roach
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
3.92
· 26 ratings · 288 pages · Published: 07 Jun 2016
Beyond weapons and strategy, Grunt is about the other side of the mayhem — from maggot debridement therapy to the slightly tricky ethics of testicular transplants, and all the esoteric reaches of military medicine in between. At a converted movie studio, amputee actors help prepare Marine Corps medics for the shock and gore of combat wounds, while at the base for anti-terror operations in East Africa diarrhea becomes a matter of national security. Not one to shrink away from the gritty details, best-selling author Mary Roach samples caffeinated meat, sniffs archival World War II stink bombs, and stays up all night with the sleep-deprived crew of a nuclear submarine.
A rollicking ride full of insights that fascinate as much as they disgust, Grunt is a unique investigation of the science that seeks to keep human beings intact, sane, uninfected and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.
A rollicking ride full of insights that fascinate as much as they disgust, Grunt is a unique investigation of the science that seeks to keep human beings intact, sane, uninfected and uninfested in the bizarre and extreme circumstances of war.
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