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"Even a pandemic is subject to politics. In history, disease has always been a major catalyst for change, influencing wars, the rise and fall of leaders, economics, religion, art, and, most certainly, people's lives. Disease, as the country's most recent pandemic has demonstrated, can be politicized as well. While the pandemic that erupted in 2019 may be the most politicized in American history, it is far from the only one. Indeed, disease has afflicted the United States since the beginning of exploration, and it has been exploited by politicians, the media, and others to further their own agendas. Parties have defined disease, and disease has defined political parties. From the 16th century to the present, this work traces the interactions of disease and politics in the United States. Major pandemics, local outbreaks, and even presidential illnesses are all examined to see how political parties have seized upon their origins, spread, and treatment to promote their own ideologies. Immigration, civil rights, gender, war, economics, public health, modernization, and elections are all discussed in relation to the outbreaks in question. The book demonstrates how disease helped secure independence, led to the writing of the Constitution, brought America into the War of 1812 and the Spanish-American War, led to limits on immigration, kept the United States out of the League of Nations, led to women voting, produced two political parties, and more."-Provided by publisher"--

Preface -- Introduction -- One Columbus Day or Contagion Day: Disease "Arrives" in America -- Two "Deus Flavit Nasus et Dissipati Sunt": The Protestant Wind and the Catholic Flu -- Three Pocahontas and the Plague: The English and Disease in the Conquest of the Colonies -- Four "The Paths to Glory Lead but to the Grave": Disease in the Early French and Indian Wars -- Five "Pestilence Gave Them a Common Death": Disease and the English Conquest of North America -- Six Typhus and Taxation: Disease and the American Revolution

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Reference Map -- 1. Pre-Shang Military History -- 2. Military History of the Shang Dynasty -- 3. Military History of the Early Zhou Period -- 4. Military History of the Warring States Period -- 5. The Rise and Fall of the Qin Dynasty -- 6. Wars of the Han Dynasty -- 7. Road to the Three Kingdoms Period -- 8. Three Kingdoms Period -- 9. Jin to Tang Dynasties -- 10. Five Dynasties to the Fall of the Song -- 11. Military History of the Ming Dynasty -- 12. The Qing Dynasty and the Arrival of the Western Armies -- 13. The Republic of China -- 14. Military History of the People's Republic of China -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Conquering the Delaware and the Hudson: The Military History of New Netherlands and New Sweden -- 2. New Jersey in the Wars of Empire: Colonial New Jersey's Military History -- 3. Crossroads of the Revolution: New Jersey and the Fight for Independence -- 4. From Little Turtle to Tecumseh: New Jersey and the Wars of the Early Republic -- 5. From the Halls of Montezuma to the Shores of New Jersey: New Jersey and Manifest Destiny -- 6. Twice Against Lincoln: The Civil War in New Jersey -- 7. New Jersey and the USS Maine: The Garden State in the Age of Imperialism -- 8. Sabotage and Submarines: New Jersey and the Great War -- 9. Against the Axis: New Jersey in World War II -- 10. Cold War along the Hot Shore: New Jersey and the Wars of Modernity -- Notes -- About the Author.