Fever of War: The Influenza Epidemic in the U.S. Army during World War I.(Fever of War: The Influenza Epidemic in the U.S. Army during World War I)(Book review)

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FEVER OF WAR: The Influenza Epidemic in the U.S. Army during World War I, Carol R. Byerly, New York University Press, 2005, 250 pages, $21.00.

Until the middle of the 20th century, microbes and viruses proved to be far deadlier to Soldiers than bullets, bayonets, or shells. In Fever of War, Carol R. Byerly examines how the influenza pandemic of 1918 affected the U.S. Army and its operations during World War I. Byerly argues that the inept handling of the epidemic by medical officers and senior military leaders not only unnecessarily exposed thousands of American Soldiers to ...

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