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Fever of war : the influenza epidemic in the U.S. Army during World War I / Carol R. Byerly.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Byerly, Carol R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army.
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919--Europe.
- Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919.
- World War, 1914-1918--Health aspects.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- United States. Army--Medical care--History.
- United States.
- Influenza, Human--history.
- Medical care.
- History.
- Europe.
- World War I.
- Disease Outbreaks--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- Military Personnel--history.
- Medical Subjects:
- Influenza, Human--history.
- Europe.
- World War I.
- Disease Outbreaks--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- Military Personnel--history.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2005]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 081479923X
- 9780814799239
- 0814799248
- 9780814799246
- OCLC:
- 56592035
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