Egypt's Other Wars: Epidemics and the Politics of Public Health

by Nancy Elizabeth Gallagher

Book Overview

Three devastating epidemics swept Egypt in the 1940's killing more people than all the wars Egypt has fought in the twentieth century. Egypt's Other Wars vividly reconstructs the nation's struggle against malaria, relapsing fever, and cholera and explores the unique combination of forces that put public health at the top of the national political agenda.

Egypt in the 1940s was in the throes of a nationalist upheaval. Nationalists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815627661
• ISBN13: 9780815627661
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"