Description
Book SynopsisJones compellingly narrates the biography of this frightfully hardy disease from the ancient world through the present day.
Trade ReviewAn excellent resource for understanding the history of anthrax and its relationship to humans... Highly recommended. Choice 2011
Table of ContentsForeword, by Charles E. Rosenberg
Preface
Introduction
1. Infectivity and Fear: Charbon and the Cursed Fields
2. Availability: Understanding the Germ of Anthrax
3. Transmission: Anthrax Enters the Factory
4. Casualty Effectiveness: War andAnthrax
5. Resistance: Anthrax, the Modern Laboratory, and the Environment
6. Detection and Verification: The Weapon and the Disease
Epilogue: Stories about Anthrax
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
