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Book Title: Shattered Minds : How the Pentagon Fails Our Troops with Faulty Helmets
Item Length: 9.1in.
Item Height: 1.3in.
Item Width: 6in.
Author: Dina Rasor, Robert H. Bauman
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Emergency Medicine, Public Policy / Military Policy, Public Affairs & Administration, Military / United States, Industrial Health & Safety
Publisher: Potomac Books, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2019
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Medical, History, Political Science
Item Weight: 23.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
