by Catharine Arnold In the final part of her Ship of Death essay, Catharine Arnold wraps up the tragic tale of the USS Leviathan, a troopship that highlighted the devastating spread of the Spanish flu.
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Ship of Death: A Terrifying and Implacable Enemy
Tagged with: Catharine Arnold, Pandemic, Pandemic 1918, Ship of Death Series, Spanish Flu, World War I
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Posted in World History
The Rise of America’s Missile Defense System
By Daniel Wasserbly In The 300, military and security expert Daniel Wasserbly introduces the elite unit tasked with protecting the nation from long-range weapons of mass destruction. Read on for an excerpt.
By Daniel Wasserbly In The 300, military and security expert Daniel Wasserbly introduces the elite unit tasked with protecting the nation from long-range weapons of mass destruction. Read on for an excerpt.
A Window into the Past
by Jane K. Cleland If you want to know about a society’s values, mores, and conventions, look to the decorative elements common during that era. Join Novelist Jane K. Cleland as she reflects on different objects from the past to…
Tagged with: Antiques, Christopher Colombus, Cultural History, Hidden Treasure, Jane K. Cleland
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by Jane K. Cleland If you want to know about a society’s values, mores, and conventions, look to the decorative elements common during that era. Join Novelist Jane K. Cleland as she reflects on different objects from the past to…
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Lessons from the AIDS Epidemic
by Jonathan D. Quick, MD, with Bronwyn Fryer The 2020 outbreak of coronavirus has terrified the world–and revealed how unprepared we are for the next outbreak of an infectious disease. In The End of Epidemics, Dr. Jonathan D. Quick examines…
Tagged with: AIDS, Epidemic, Jonathan D. Quick, Spanish Flu, The End of Epidemics
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by Jonathan D. Quick, MD, with Bronwyn Fryer The 2020 outbreak of coronavirus has terrified the world–and revealed how unprepared we are for the next outbreak of an infectious disease. In The End of Epidemics, Dr. Jonathan D. Quick examines…
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Ship of Death: Rates on the Rise
by Catharine Arnold With the death toll rising from Spanish flu, burials at sea became more and more common on the USS Leviathan. Read on for more from Catharine Arnold, author of Pandemic 1918.
Tagged with: Catharine Arnold, Pandemic 1918, Ship of Death Series, Spanish Flu, USS Leviathan
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by Catharine Arnold With the death toll rising from Spanish flu, burials at sea became more and more common on the USS Leviathan. Read on for more from Catharine Arnold, author of Pandemic 1918.
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