{"product_id":"pandemic-1918-eyewitness-accounts-from-the-greatest-medical-holocaust-in-modern-history-paperback","title":"Pandemic 1918: Eyewitness Accounts from the Greatest Medical Holocaust in Modern History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatharine Arnold\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBefore AIDS or coronavirus, there was the Spanish Flu -- Catharine Arnold's gripping narrative, \u003ci\u003ePandemic 1918, \u003c\/i\u003emarks the 100th anniversary of an epidemic that altered world history, now in paperback.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn January 1918, as World War I raged on, a new and terrifying virus began to spread across the globe. In three successive waves, from 1918 to 1919, influenza killed more than 50 million people. German soldiers termed it \u003ci\u003eBlitzkatarrh\u003c\/i\u003e, British soldiers referred to it as \u003ci\u003eFlanders Grippe\u003c\/i\u003e, but world-wide, the pandemic gained the notorious title of \"Spanish Flu\". Nowhere on earth escaped: the United States recorded 550,000 deaths (five times its total military fatalities in the war) while European deaths totaled over two million. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid the war, some governments suppressed news of the outbreak. Even as entire battalions were decimated, with both the Allies and the Germans suffering massive casualties, the details of many servicemen's deaths were hidden to protect public morale. Meanwhile, civilian families were being struck down in their homes. The City of Philadelphia ran out of gravediggers and coffins, and mass burial trenches had to be excavated with steam shovels. Spanish Flu conjured up the specter of the Black Death of 1348 and the great plague of 1665, while the medical profession, shattered after five terrible years of conflict, lacked the resources to contain and defeat this new enemy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough primary and archival sources, historian Catharine Arnold gives readers the first truly global account of the terrible epidemic.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCATHARINE ARNOLD studied English at Girton College, Cambridge and holds a further degree in psychology. A journalist, academic, and popular historian, her previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Sexual History of London\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNecropolis\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBedlam\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52240009625874,"sku":"9781250784452","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/MllMQmJXTlRRcm5iSU5OWG1rcEkydz09.webp?v=1777890710","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/pandemic-1918-eyewitness-accounts-from-the-greatest-medical-holocaust-in-modern-history-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}