Price-Smith, Andrew T. <br/><br/>
Contagion and Chaos :  Disease, Ecology, and National Security in the Era of Globalization. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (294 pages) 
 - The MIT Press Series .
 - The MIT Press Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Theory and Exegesis: On Health and the Body Politic -- 2 Epidemic Disease, History, and the State -- 3 Pandemic Influenza : On Sclerosis in Governance -- 4 HIV/AIDS, State Capacity, and National Security: Lessons from Zimbabwe -- 5 Mad Cows and Englishmen: BSE and the Politics of Discord -- 6 Epidemic of Fear: SARS and the Political Economy of Contagion in the Pacific Rim -- 7 War as a "Disease Amplifier -- 8 On Health, Power, and Security -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/> An analysis of infectious disease as a threat to national security that examines the destabilizing effects of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, SARS, and Mad Cow Disease. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262255530 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Communicable diseases - Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA643.P73 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>362.196/9