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The Great Influenza : The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History

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Killer pandemic of 1918; science battles outbreak.

This book is a captivating account of the history's most lethal pandemic. It provides a unique perspective on the influenza outbreak, offering a rich account of how the pandemic affected the world and two years of sheer horror. It is well studied and informative, offering insights that would help readers understand the magnitude of the problem and the ways in which science and politics can intersect in global pandemics.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780143036494
Authors: John M. Barry
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 2005-10-04
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science, History
Related Topics: Health, Medicine, Medical, American History, Historical, World History
Goodreads rating: 3.98
(rated by 40084 readers)

Description

At the height of WWI, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision of science and epidemic disease. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research and now revised to reflect the growing danger of the avian flu, The Great Influenza is ultimately a tale of triumph amid tragedy, which provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon. John M. Barry has written a new afterword for this edition that brings us up to speed on the terrible threat of the avian flu and suggest ways in which we might head off another flu pandemic.
 

Killer pandemic of 1918; science battles outbreak.

This book is a captivating account of the history's most lethal pandemic. It provides a unique perspective on the influenza outbreak, offering a rich account of how the pandemic affected the world and two years of sheer horror. It is well studied and informative, offering insights that would help readers understand the magnitude of the problem and the ways in which science and politics can intersect in global pandemics.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.