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01-04-2017 | Book Review
Bob H. Reinhardt: The End of A Global Pox. America and the Eradication of Smallpox in the Cold War Era
The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, 2015, 268 pp., Hard cover, Illustrated, Figure, Maps, Table, Notes, Bibliography, Index., $39.95
Published in: Journal of Community Health | Issue 2/2017
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This review examines in detail Bob H. Reinhardt’s meticulous analyses of smallpox eradication within the broad context of American liberalism, Cold War politics, and the exercise of technological, medical, and political power on the part of the United States. As a result, his book provides a unique perspective on the eradication of smallpox.