Plagues And Their Aftermath av Brian Michael Jenkins

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<b>"Jenkins has organized his book around themes, and as he explores them, he leads the reader back and forth through history, pointing out parallels in humankind’s responses to different epidemics...thoroughly researched and cogently written..." <b><i>-- New York Journal of Books <br></i></b></b><br><b>A look at the long history of epidemics and pandemics provides an enthralling account of what we can expect of a post-COVID world</b><br><br>In a concise, authoritative, and gripping telling, Brian Michael Jenkins — one of our leading authorities on national security and an advisor to governments, presidents and CEOs — provides a masterly account of what kind of future the planet might be facing ... by looking at the world''s long history of epidemics and discerning what was common about their aftermath.  <br> <br>From a plague in Athens during the Peloponnesian War in 430 BCE, to another in 540 that wiped out half the population of the Roman empire, down thr