Bibliograph

The great influenza, the story of the deadliest pandemic in history, John M. Barry

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The great influenza, the story of the deadliest pandemic in history, John M. Barry

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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illustrationsportraitsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The great influenza

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

John M. Barry

Sub title

the story of the deadliest pandemic in history

Summary

In 1918, the world faced the deadliest pandemic in human history. What can the story of the so-called Spanish Flu teach us about the fight against present day crises, and how to prepare for future outbreaks? 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, The Great Influenza is ultimately a tale of triumph amid tragedy, which provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the aftermath of Covid-19 and future pandemics looming on the horizon

Target audience

adult

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