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Contagion and chaos : disease, ecology, and national security in the era of globalization /

An analysis of infectious disease as a threat to national security that examines the destabilizing effects of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, SARS, and Mad Cow Disease.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Price-Smith, Andrew T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Communicable diseases > History.
Communicable diseases > Political aspects.
Communicable diseases > Social aspects.
National security.
Security, International.
Diseases and history.
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/International Relations & Security
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:An analysis of infectious disease as a threat to national security that examines the destabilizing effects of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, SARS, and Mad Cow Disease.
Item Description:Sequel to: The health of nations / Andrew T. Price-Smith. c2002.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 281 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:9780262255530
0262255537
0262662035
9780262662031
0262162482
9780262162487
1282240226
9781282240223
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/7390.001.0001