By way of Introduction 11
1. Second Skin 19
What to Wear to War
2. Boom Box 51
Automotive Safety for People Who Drive on Bombs
3. Fighting by Ear 77
The Conundrum of Military Noise
4. Below the Belt 101
The Cruelest Shot of All
5. It Could Get Weird 125
A Salute to Genital Transplants
6. Carnage Under Fire 151
How Do Combat Medics Cope?
7. Sweating Bullets 181
The War on Heat
8. Leaky Seals 211
Diarrhea as a Threat to National Security
9. The Maggot Paradox 245
Flies on the Battlefield, for Better and Worse
10. What Doesn't Kill You Will Make You Reek 277
A Brief History of Stink Bombs
11. Old Chum 303
How to Make and Test Shark Repellent
12. That Sinking Feeling 335
When Things Go Wrong Under the Sea
13. Up and Under 365
A Submarine Tries to Sleep
14. Feedback from the Fallen 399
How the Dead Help the Living Stay That Way
Acknowledgements 413
Bibliography 419