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Historic pandemic meets early twentieth-century science.
If you're intrigued by how societies grapple with unforeseen calamities, "The Great Influenza" offers a gripping read. John M. Barry delivers a detailed chronicle that not only delves into the catastrophic effects of the 1918 flu but also illuminates the dawn of modern medical science. The human stories woven through this narrative make it resonate deeply; it's a reminder of resilience amidst despair, and a stark lesson for contemporary readers facing new global health challenges.
ISBN: 9780143034483
Authors:
John M. Barry
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 2005-02-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics:
American History,
War,
Historical,
Health,
Personal Development,
Medicine,
Medical,
World History
Goodreads rating: 3.98
(rated by 40890 readers)
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In the winter of 1918, 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 weeks than AIDS has 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, John M. Barry weaves together multiple narratives, with characters ranging from William Welch (founder of Johns Hopkins Medical School) to John D. Rockefeller and Woodrow Wilson. Ultimately a tale of triumph amid tragedy, this crisis provides a precise and sobering model for our world as we confront AIDS, bioterrorism, and other, as yet unknown, diseases.
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