America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 Roger Ebert Manly Wade Wellman

Manly Wade Wellman

their genesis is firmly rooted in European thought and their primary function has been to provide justification for powerful states to impose their will against the weak under the smoke screen of what is supposed to be both beneficial to humankind and historically inevitable

"The Holy Man on the Mountain

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ISBN10: 1460919505

America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 Roger Ebert Manly Wade WellmanBetween August 1918 and March 1919 the Spanish influenza spread worldwide, claiming over 25 million lives, more people than those perished in the fighting of the First World War. It proved fatal to at least a half million Americans. Yet, the Spanish flu pandemic is largely forgotten today. In this vivid narrative, Alfred W. Crosby recounts the course of the pandemic during the panic stricken months of 1918 and 1919, measures its impact on American