Deadliest Enemy

2020 AIDS (Disease)

Author : Michael T. Osterholm
Release : 2020
Genre : AIDS (Disease)
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Book Rating : 756/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Deadliest Enemy written by Michael T. Osterholm. This book was released on 2020. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Infectious disease has the terrifying power to disrupt everyday life on a global scale, overwhelming public and private resources and bringing trade and transportation to a halt. In today's world, it's easier than ever to move people, animals, and materials around the planet, but the same advances that make modern infrastructure so efficient have made epidemics and even pandemics nearly inevitable. So what can -- and must -- we do in order to protect ourselves? Drawing on the latest medical science, case studies, and policy research, Deadliest enemy explores the resources and programs we need to develop if we are to keep ourselves safe from infectious disease.--

The Most Dangerous Enemy

2010-09-25 History

Author : Stephen Bungay
Release : 2010-09-25
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 500/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Most Dangerous Enemy written by Stephen Bungay. This book was released on 2010-09-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Bungay’s magisterial history is acclaimed as the account of the Battle of Britain. Unrivalled for its synthesis of all previous historical accounts, for the quality of its strategic analysis and its truly compulsive narrative, this is a book ultimately distinguished by its conclusions – that it was the British in the Battle who displayed all the virtues of efficiency, organisation and even ruthlessness we habitually attribute to the Germans, and they who fell short in their amateurism, ill-preparedness, poor engineering and even in their old-fashioned notions of gallantry. An engrossing read for the military scholar and the general reader alike, this is a classic of military history that looks beyond the mythology, to explore all the tragedy and comedy; the brutality and compassion of war.

The Poison King

2011-03-27 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Adrienne Mayor
Release : 2011-03-27
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 265/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Poison King written by Adrienne Mayor. This book was released on 2011-03-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new account of one of Rome's most relentless but least understood foes. Claiming Alexander the Great and Darius of Persia as ancestors, Mithradates inherited a wealthy Black Sea kingdom at age fourteen after his mother poisoned his father. He fled into exile and returned in triumph to become a ruler of superb intelligence and fierce ambition. Hailed as a savior by his followers and feared as a second Hannibal by his enemies, he envisioned a grand Eastern empire to rival Rome. After massacring eighty thousand Roman citizens in 88 BC, he seized Greece and modern-day Turkey. Fighting some of the most spectacular battles in ancient history, he dragged Rome into a long round of wars and threatened to invade Italy itself. His uncanny ability to elude capture and surge back after devastating losses unnerved the Romans, while his mastery of poisons allowed him to foil assassination attempts and eliminate rivals.--From publisher description.

Living Terrors

2007-12-18 Science

Author : Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Release : 2007-12-18
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 123/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Living Terrors written by Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D., M.P.H.. This book was released on 2007-12-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America is one killer organism away from a living nightmare that threatens all we hold dear.... A deadly cloud of powdered anthrax spores settles unnoticed over a crowded football stadium.... A school cafeteria lunch is infected with a drug-resistant strain of E. coli.... Thousands in a bustling shopping mall inhale a lethal mist of smallpox, turning each individual into a highly infectious agent of suffering and death.... Dr. Michael Osterholm knows all too well the horrifying scenarios he describes. In this eye-opening account, the nation’s leading expert on bioterrorism sounds a wake-up call to the terrifying threat of biological attack — and America’s startling lack of preparedness. He demonstrates the havoc these silent killers can wreak, exposes the startling ease with which they can be deployed, and asks probing questions about America’s ability to respond to such attacks. Are most doctors and emergency rooms able to diagnose correctly and treat anthrax, smallpox, and other potential tools in the bioterrorist’s arsenal? Is the government developing the appropriate vaccines and treatments? The answers are here in riveting detail — what America has and hasn’t done to prevent the coming bioterrorist catastrophe. Impeccably researched, grippingly told, Living Terrors presents the unsettling truth about the magnitude of the threat. And more important, it presents the ultimate insider’s prescription for change: what we must do as a nation to secure our freedom, our future, our lives.

Deadliest Enemies

2001-06-03 History

Author : Thomas Biolsi
Release : 2001-06-03
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 781/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Deadliest Enemies written by Thomas Biolsi. This book was released on 2001-06-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Biolsi's study traces the origins of racial tension between Native Americans and whites to federal laws themselves, showing how the courts have created opposing political interests along race lines.".

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