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Books by John M.Barry

John M. Barry is a prize-winning American historian and author. His first book, “The Ambition and the Power” was named one of the best 11 books ever written on Congress and Washington by The New York Times. His other two books, “Rising Tide” and “The Great Influenza,” involved him directly in policy-making regarding flood protection, pandemic preparedness, resilience, and risk communication.

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The Great Influenza

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“The Great Influenza” by John M. Berry tells the terrifying and surprisingly little-known story of the 1918 flu pandemic, the deadliest in history. Erupting at the height of World War I in an army camp in Kansas, the pandemic killed 100 million people worldwide, five times as many as the war itself. Barry examines the reasons and the consequences, and shares the lessons (never) learned.

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