Plagues and Peoples by William H. McNeill

Plagues and Peoples

William H. McNeill

330 pages first pub 1976 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
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This book describes the dramatic impact of infectious diseases on the rise and fall of civilisations. Plague demoralized the Athenian army during the Peloponnesian war, and ravaged the Roman Empire. In the 16th century smallpox was the decisive ag...

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