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John M. Barry and The Great Influenza in the news again
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Earlier today, John M. Barry, author of The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History, appeared on CNN in connection with the current swine flu outbreak in the United States and Mexico.
He has advised federal, state and world health officials on influenza, crisis management and risk communication. He also serves on advisory boards at Johns Hopkins and MIT.
See the video at CNN Video—Lessons from a pandemic
There is a renewed interest in The Great Influenza which was first published in 2004 and became a New York Times bestseller.
From the book description:
"In his powerful new book, award-winning historian John M. Barry unfolds a tale that is magisterial in its breadth and in the depth of its research, and spellbinding as he weaves multiple narrative strands together. In this first great collision between science and epidemic disease, even as society approached collapse, a handful of heroic researchers stepped forward, risking their lives to confront this strange disease. Titans like William Welch at the newly formed Johns Hopkins Medical School and colleagues at Rockefeller University and others from around the country revolutionized American science and public health, and their work in this crisis led to crucial discoveries that we are still using and learning from today."
Read about John Barry and all his books on JohnMBarry.com
The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague In History
- Author: John Barry
- Hardcover: 560 pages
- Publisher: Viking Adult; 1 edition (February 5, 2004)
- Format: Kindle Edition
- File Size: 503 KB
- Publisher: Penguin; Revised edition (March 3, 2007)
For more info: JohnMBarry.com
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