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 office...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Byerly, Carol R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > Medical care > History.
United States > Army.
États-Unis. > Army > Soins médicaux > Histoire.
United States. > Army
1914-1919
World War, 1914-1918 > Health aspects.
Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 > Europe.
Influenza, Human > history
World War I
Disease Outbreaks > history
History, 20th Century
Military Personnel > history
Épidémie de grippe espagnole, 1918-1919 > Europe.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
War > Health aspects
Armed Forces > Medical care
Epidemie
Weltkrieg > 1914-1918
Grippe
Heer
Influenza.
Pandemie.
Eerste Wereldoorlog.
Europe.
Europe
USA
"Multi-User"
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Medical heroes: medical officers' confidence as they prepare for war
  • Building a healthy army: government control and accountability
  • Worst-case scenario: the influenza epidemic of 1918 in the camps
  • Fighting germs and Germans: influenza in the American Expeditionary Forces
  • Postmortem: the trauma of failure, 1918-1919
  • "Except for the flu ... ": writing the history of the epidemic
  • Memory and the politics of disease and war.

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