Bacteria and Bayonets: The Impact of Disease in American Military History

Synopsis

Columbus Day Or Contagion Day: Disease Arrives In America -- Deus Flavit Nasus Et Dissipati Sunt: The Protestant Wind And The Catholic Flu -- Pocahontas And The Plague: The English And Disease In The Conquest Of The Colonies -- The Paths To Glory Lead But To The Grave: Disease In The Early French And Indian Wars -- Pestilence Gave Them A Common Death: Disease And The English Conquest Of North America -- Typhus And Taxation: Disease And The American Revolution -- A Nation Forged In Gout And Expanded By Venereal Disease: A Medical Look At The Early Republic -- Montezuma's Revenge: Disease And Manifest Destiny -- Johnny Dysentery And Billy Typhus: Disease And The Civil War -- Remember The Maine, To Hell With Yellow Fever: Imperialism And Illness -- Love In The Age Of Cholera, Warfare In The Age Of Typhoid: Progressivism And Pestilence -- Bullets, Bayonets, And Botulism: Biological Warfare In The Twentieth Century -- Al-qaeda, Anthrax, And America: Terrorism And Disease In Post-cold War America. David R. Petriello. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.