Preview of When Plague Strikes Summary:

Diseases have taken a greater toll of life than even the most disastrous war, and the enemy is invisible. In When Plague Strikes, Giblin is particularly interested in how the victims of an epidemic behave when faced with a calamity that has rendered them helpless and—in past ages—for which they have no explanation. Even after the plagues temporarily abated, their effects were felt.

Societies in the stricken areas were...