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The great influenza : the story of the deadliest pandemic in history / John M. Barry.
Chronicles the 1918 influenza epidemic, discussing why it was so lethal, how it spread throughout the American Midwest, what steps were taken to stop it, and how the country responded to the crisis.
Record details
- ISBN: 0143036491
- ISBN: 9780143036494
- ISBN: 9780670894734
- Physical Description: 546 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2004
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in the United States by Viking Penguin in 2004. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [507]-527) and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919. Influenza > History > 20th century. Medicine > United States > History > 20th century. |
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- Baker & Taylor
An in-depth account of the deadly influenza epidemic of 1918, a plague that took the lives of millions of people around the world, examines the causes of the pandemic, its devastating impact on early twentieth-century society, the researchers who risked their lives to confront the disease, and the lasting implications of the crisis and the scientific discoveries that resulted. - Penguin Putnam
#1 New York Times bestseller
âBarry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history.ââBill Gates
"Monumental... an authoritative and disturbing morality tale."âChicago Tribune
The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic.Â
Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon. As Barry concludes, "The final lesson of 1918, a simple one yet one most difficult to execute, is that...those in authority must retain the public's trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one. Lincoln said that first, and best. A leader must make whatever horror exists concrete. Only then will people be able to break it apart."Â Â
At the height of World War I, historyâs 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. - Random House, Inc.
At the height of WWI, historyâs 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.
