Four Horsemen av Emily Mayhew

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<p><b>The Four Horsemen - War, Pestilence, </b><b>Famine and Death - first appeared in the </b><b>Book of Revelations a thousand years ago, </b><b>but they continue to track us in our own </b><b>time. This original and inspiring study by</b><br><b>celebrated historian Emily Mayhew traces </b><b>the advances in science, technology and </b><b>humanitarianism that are enabling us to </b><b>take them on, one by one.</b><br><br><b>It begins in Mosul, our oldest surviving </b><b>city, and the extraordinary coalition </b><b>created in a matter of days to save its </b><b>people from the worst horrors of the </b><b>liberation battle against ISIS. As the city </b><b>and the humanitarian operation that helped </b><b>it to survive are restructured for a new </b><b>age, Mayhew shows other people whose </b><b>work gives us hope for the future, from the </b><b>search to find new ways to discover and use </b><b>antimicrobial medicines and the innovations </b><b>in preventing the spread of deadly virus