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Plagues and their aftermath : how societies recover from pandemics / Brian Michael Jenkins.

by Jenkins, Brian Michael.

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Melville House, 2022.

Epidemics -- History.

Epidemics -- Social aspects.

9781685890162 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

How societies recover from pandemics

viii, 215 p. ; 18 cm.

Brian Michael Jenkins is a senior advisor to the president of the RAND Corporation. He served in the U.S. Army’s Special Forces in during the war in Vietnam, before joining RAND in 1972. In 1996, President Bill Clinton appointed Jenkins to the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security. Jenkins has also served as adviser to the National Commission on Terrorism.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-215).

"The focus in this study is not on the causes of epidemics but on their consequences. Like dragos, epidemics have long, thrashing tails -- legacies not only of lives lost but of devastated economies and social disorder. These, in turn, are likely to have political repercussions. The COVID-19 pandemic will be intensively studied, but it may be years before its effects can be observed and analyzed. Past epidemics, however offer clues as to what could occur in a future post-pandemic environment." --Back cover.

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