Fever of War : the Influenza Epidemic in the U.S. Army during World War I.

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The influenza epidemic of 1918 killed more people in one year than the Great War killed in four, sickening at least one quarter of the world's population. In Fever of War, Carol R. Byerly uncovers the startling impact of the 1918 influenza epidemic on the American army, its medical officers, an...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Byerly, Carol R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2005.
Temas:
United States. > Army > Medical care > History.
États-Unis. > Army > Soins médicaux > Histoire.
United States. > Army
1914-1919
World War, 1914-1918 > Health aspects.
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 > Europe.
Épidémie de grippe espagnole, 1918-1919 > Europe.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
War > Health aspects
Armed Forces > Medical care
Europe
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Eddie; Introduction; 1 Medical Heroes:Medical Officers' Confidence as They Prepare for War; 2 Building a Healthy Army:Government Control and Accountability; 3 Worst-Case Scenario:The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 in the Camps; 4 Fighting Germs and Germans:Influenza in the American Expeditionary Forces; 5 Postmortem: The Trauma of Failure, 1918-1919; 6 "Except for the Flu .":Writing the History of the Epidemic; Conclusion:Memory and the Politics of Disease and War; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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