The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0143036491 ISBN13: 9780143036494 Release Date: October 2005 Publisher: Penguin Books Length: 576 Pages Weight: 1.07 lbs. Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5" Age Range: 18 years and up Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher #1 New York Times bestseller "Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history."--Bill Gates "Monumental... an authoritative and disturbing morality tale."--Chicago Tribune The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon. As Barry concludes, "The final lesson of 1918, a simple one yet one most difficult to execute, is that...those in authority must retain the public's trust. The way to do that is