More deadly than war
Subtitle: the hidden history of the Spanish flu and the First World War
By: Kenneth C. Davis
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 2018
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781250145123
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Patients; Influenza; Juvenile literature; Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
Description: With 2018 marking the centennial of the worst disease outbreak in modern history, the story of the Spanish flu is more relevant today than ever. This dramatic narrative, told through the stories and voices of the people caught in the deadly maelstrom, explores how this vast, global epidemic was intertwined with the horrors of World War I and how it could happen again.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: Introduction : the purple death; title: "The Yanks are coming"; title: The Spanish lady; title: "Blue as huckleberries and spitting blood"; title: "Over the top" : a brief history of World War I; title: "Over there" : the first wave - Spring 1918; title: "Obey the laws and wear the gauze" : the second wave - Fall 1918; title: The world turned upside down; title: Peace and plague : the third wave - Spring 1919; title: Back to Brevig mission; title: Afterword : relapse?