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Author:   Matthew Smallman-Raynor (, Reader in Analytical Geography, University of Nottingham) ,  Andrew Cliff (, Professor of Theoretical Geography, University of Cambridge)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 5.00cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.584kg
ISBN:  

9780198233640

ISBN 10:   0198233647
Pages:   842
Publication Date:   17 June 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Prologue I: Ware and Disease 1: Wars and War Epidemics 2: Epidemics in Early Wars II: Temporal Trends 3: Mortality and Morbidity in Modern Wars, I: Civil Populations 4: Mortality and Morbidity in Modern Wars, II: Military Populations 5: Motality and Morbidity in Modern Wars, III: Displace Populations III: A Regional Pattern of War Epidemics 6: Tracking Epidemics 7: Pan America: Military Mobilization and Disease in the United States 8: Europe: Camp Epidemics 9: Asia and the Far East: Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases 10: Africa: Soldiers, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and War 11: Oceania: War Epidemics in South Pacific Islands 12: Further Regional Studies IV: Prospects 13: War and Disease: Recent Trends and Future Threats Epilogue

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There is much that historians can learn from this large volume, which convincingly demonstrates the value of a quanttative approach to the study of epidemics in wartime. Mark Harrison, Medical History impressive scholarship that will make War Epidemics an indispensable work in its field. Journal of the History of Medicine

There is much that historians can learn from this large volume, which convincingly demonstrates the value of a quanttative approach to the study of epidemics in wartime. Mark Harrison, Medical History impressive scholarship that will make War Epidemics an indispensable work in its field. Journal of the History of Medicine

"There is much that historians can learn from this large volume, which convincingly demonstrates the value of a quanttative approach to the study of epidemics in wartime. Mark Harrison, Medical History ""impressive scholarship that will make War Epidemics <\b> an indispensable work in its field."" Journal of the History of Medicine"

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Matthew Smallman-Raynor is Professor of Analytical Geography at the University of Nottingham. Andrew Cliff is Professor of Theoretical Geography at the University of Cambridge.

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