In the dying months of World War I, Spanish flu suddenly overwhelmed the world, killing between 50 and 100 million people. German soldiers termed it Blitzkatarrh, British soldiers called it Flanders
Before AIDS or Ebola, there was the Spanish Flu — This narrative history marks the 100th anniversary of an epidemic that altered world history.In January 1918, as World War I raged on, a new and terri
In graphic novel format, follows the 1918 outbreak of a mysterious influenza virus that killed millions of people worldwide, making it the deadliest pandemic in history.
Between August 1918 and March 1919 a flu pandemic spread across the globe and in just under a year 40 million people had died from the virus worldwide. This is the first book to provide a total histor
The Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918-19 was the worst pandemic of modern times, claiming over 30 million lives in less than six months. In the hardest hit societies, everything else was put aside in
Selected by Phillips (history, U. of Cape Town, South Africa) and Killingray (modern history, U. of London, UK) to reflect a diversity of approach and region of study, 16 papers assess the historical
In 1918 the world was celebrating the end of World War I. But another enemy was just beginning its worldwide attack, infecting nearly one in five people. Explore the causes and effects of a flu pandem
