New Releases by John M. Barry

RÉTROSPECTIVE DE LA PIRE PANDÉMIE DE L''HISTOIRE 1918. Au plus fort de la Première Guerre mondiale, un nouveau virus grippal qui ne s’était jusque-là développé que chez les oiseaux se met à contaminer l''homme. Un an plus tard, le bilan est d''au moins 100 millions de morts. Ce virus qui allait marquer l’histoire sous le nom de grippe espagnole car elle fut révélée par les journaux espagnols, seuls à publier librement sur cette épidémie, place pour la première fois la science face au défi d’une pandémie. En deux ans, il cause plus de décès dans le monde que le sida au cours des 24 années qui suivirent sa découverte, et plus en un an que la peste noire en un siècle. Dans cet ouvrage, John M. Barry retrace l''histoire de la plus meurtrière des épidémies de tous les temps, des premiers cas identifiés au sein d’une unité militaire du Kansas, aux États-Unis, à sa propagation à la planète entière en passant par sa diffusion en Europe avec l’arrivée des troupes américaines et la course contre la montre de la communauté scientifique. Un récit magistral qui nous offre aussi un regard d’une troublante actualité sur le rôle du pouvoir politique dans un monde en proie à une crise sanitaire sans précédent et qui nous dit que notre meilleure arme reste toujours l’information. Historien, journaliste et auteur américain, John M. Barry écrit entre autres pour le New York Times, Time Magazine, Fortune, The Washington Post et est un commentateur régulièrement invité par les médias. La Grande Grippe est l’un de ses ouvrages les plus célèbres et fut distingué comme le Meilleur livre de sciences ou de médecine de l’année par l’Académie nationale des sciences des États-Unis. John Barry a officié au sein de divers conseils d’experts gouvernementaux, privés ou universitaires à l’échelle locale, nationale ou internationale (MIT, université Johns Hopkins, etc.) notamment en vue de la préparation des pays à une autre pandémie de grippe.

El arma más fuerte contra la pandemia es la verdad. He aquí el relato definitivo de la epidemia de gripe de 1918. Magistral en su amplitud de perspectiva y profundidad de investigación, La gran gripe nos proporciona un modelo preciso y esclarecedor ahora que nos enfrentamos a nuevas pandemias. Como concluye Barry: "La última lección de 1918, una simple pero la más difícil de ejecutar, es que los que tienen autoridad deben conservar la confianza del público. La forma de hacerlo es no distorsionar nada, no tratar de poner la mejor cara, tratar de no manipular a nadie. Lincoln lo dijo el primero y lo dijo mejor. Un líder debe hacer concreto cualquier horror que exista. Solo entonces la gente podrá desarmarlo". En el apogeo de la Primera Guerra Mundial, el virus de la gripe más letal de la historia estalló en un campamento del Ejército estadounidense en Kansas, se trasladó al este con las tropas, luego explotó y mató a unos cien millones de personas en todo el mundo. Mató a más personas en veinticuatro meses que lo que el sida ha asesinado en veinticuatro años, más en un año que la gente muerta por la peste negra en un siglo. Pero esto no era la Edad Media, y 1918 marcó la primera colisión de la ciencia y la enfermedad epidémica. La gran gripe es, en última instancia, una historia de triunfo en medio de la tragedia.

Best-seller apresenta o estudo definitivo sobre a gripe espanhola e suas consequências Em 1918, um novo vírus de influenza, até então restrito às aves, passou a se manifestar também em humanos. Um ano mais tarde, o saldo era de pelo menos 100 mil mortos daquela que ficaria conhecida na história como gripe espanhola, marcando o primeiro grande embate entre a ciência e uma pandemia. Em apenas dois anos o vírus matou mais pessoas do que a Aids em todo o mundo ao longo dos 24 anos desde a sua descoberta, e mais pessoas em um ano do que a peste negra ao longo de um século. Em A grande gripe, John M. Barry conta a história do surto que começou em uma unidade militar do Kansas, nos Estados Unidos, chegou à Europa durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial levado pelas tropas americanas e de lá se espalhou para o globo. O pesquisador mostra ainda a corrida contra o tempo da comunidade científica norte-americana para combater a pandemia e como se deu uma das principais descobertas do século XX. Obra de referência sobre a gripe espanhola, premiada pela Academia Nacional de Ciência dos Estados Unidos e best-seller internacional, o livro é também um relato sobre poder, política e guerra, com importantes lições para um mundo sob a constante ameaça do bioterrorismo e do surgimento de novas epidemias globais. Barry crê que, nesses casos, a principal arma é sempre a informação.

【2020比爾蓋茲夏季選書】 【紐約時報暢銷榜No. 1】 長踞各國排行榜不墜 全球80億人民高度關注 一場人類與自然永不停止的戰爭 一場挑戰文明與科技智慧的考驗 一本重現傳染病歷史的不朽之作 一本探問全人類未來的預言之書 �� 全新序文 皮國立│國立中央大學歷史研究所副教授 �� 專業推薦 張上淳│中央流行疫情指揮中心專家諮詢小組召集人 李尚仁│中央研究院歷史語言研究所研究員 林靜儀│醫師 招名威│毒理學家 許書華│醫師 ───────────────────────────── 「有關這場人類史上最致命的疾病，巴瑞將告訴您所需知道的一切。」──比爾．蓋茲（Bill Gates） 「不朽鉅著，智識豐蘊……這部深具權威的紀實，竟如此讓人不安。」 ──《芝加哥論壇報》 (Chicago Tribune) 「巴瑞把流行疫病寫進醫學、國家和世界歷史……他提出一個明顯的問題：同樣的事會不會再度發生？答案是，當然會。」 ──《洛杉磯時報》（Los Angeles Times） 「屍體堆滿所有地方，從醫院太平間滿到走廊，從殯儀館滿到街上，甚至在家�堸嚙n。流感讓整個費城崩潰，街道成為鬼域……」史上最兇猛的西班牙流感病毒殺害了上億人類。20個月席捲全世界致死的人數，遠超過20年來因愛滋病喪生的人數，以及中世紀黑死病所造成的死亡總數。 歷史學家巴瑞透過史實和數字，重現1918年流行性感冒的慘況。這是近代歷史上第一次大自然與人類文明的大對決。在這場對抗中有人不願臣服於自然，也不願只是祈禱鬼神賜福，他們憑藉科技和智慧，挺身面對大自然的撲擊。 書中述及傳統醫學演進至現代化醫藥科學的重要里程碑，以及當年研究人員的信仰和價值觀、研究態度和方法。不同的故事主軸交錯進行，對人類在嚴苛考驗下的反應作極為精彩的描寫，有廣博的專業觀點，也有深入的研究探討，同時點出當時政府的失職無能，要現代人引以為鑑。 2020年新冠肺炎疫情重創全世界。在感染人數已破千萬人、死亡人數不斷攀升的情況下，無論是各國政府的應對、人民對口罩的反應、傳染的峰期模式等等，許多情景皆與本書曾描繪的情形極度雷同。在這個嚴峻的時刻閱讀此書，不僅恰如其分，更極具意義。 好評推薦 �� 全新序文 皮國立│國立中央大學歷史研究所副教授 �� 專業推薦 張上淳│中央流行疫情指揮中心專家諮詢小組召集人 李尚仁│中央研究院歷史語言研究所研究員 林靜儀│醫師 招名威│毒理學家 許書華│醫師 �� 各界好評 「瘟疫肆虐的年代，透過巴瑞引人入勝的文筆，讓我們可以引以為鑑不再重覆錯誤。」──招名威，毒理學家 「化繁為簡，讓我們了解本主題最完整、最豐富、最全面的歷史。」 ──《紐約時報書評》（The New York Times Book Review） 「駭人之至……一九一八年經驗的意義無與倫比。」 ──《新聞週刊》（Newsweek） 「一部讓人著迷的書，每一頁都引人入勝。」 ──《書單》半月刊（Booklist）之星光書評 「有關一九一八年大流感的重大記載，吸睛切時。」 ──《波士頓環球報》（The Boston Globe） 「巴瑞把流行疫病寫進醫學、國家、和世界歷史中……他以深入的研究加上精闢的寫作，提出一個明顯的問題：同樣的事會不會再度發生？答案是，當然會。」 ──《洛杉磯時報》（Los Angeles Times） 「巴瑞是寫作天神……他用當時科學家的觀點，帶我們體會那股緊張、失望和悲傷……我自己深深為它著迷，重覆讀了兩遍……巴瑞的作品……幫我們瞭解病毒科學……這本書是個警鐘。」 ──《自然雜誌》（Nature） 「權威可靠……餘韻不絕……文字獨具風範……對事件的新穎理解銘印人心……〔文句〕編排極為優美，核心概念反覆徘徊，一如華格納樂曲的主導動機……流感實為人類遭遇的一大傳染病，威力無比。病毒在鳥類、豬隻、人類間循環傳遞、不斷變異，如今每次流感季都是對專家的考驗……作者要傳達給我輩現代讀者的訊息明晰可見。」──《紐約書評》半月刊（The New York Review of Books） 「不朽鉅著……智識豐蘊……直面真相……巴瑞這本書不只是對一九一八年一連串事件的精湛描繪，還是科學、政治、文化的寓言故事，這部深具權威的紀實，竟如此讓人不安……此書的一大特色是，巴瑞不僅敘述醫學層面的實務資訊……他的書寫涵蓋萬象，聚焦於人類真實的樣貌，也不畏旁人眼光深入關懷道德與政治議題……巴瑞能寫就《大流感》這樣的作品，實在令人讚嘆折服。」 ──《芝加哥論壇報》（Chicago Tribune） 「巴瑞是位傑出的作家，他的文字有哲學打出的深厚根基……我愛極了這本書提供的宏大視野，它將探照燈投向科學與科學家的身影，所闡述的內容遠比書名談及的更為豐富。我們毋須苦心研讀冷冰冰的統計數據，不必閱覽一張張病例死亡率圖表；而是深入那被遺忘的世界，躋身醫療科學名流之列……迷人有力，精采出色。」 ──《美國醫學學會期刊》（Journal of the American Medical Association，JAMA） 「這本書有時讀來像推理小說，有時又像科幻小說……書中記述之事引人入勝又使人驚駭，描述了疾病、恐懼、愚昧、科學探索，還有偶一現身的英雄事蹟……它光是談論一九一八年蔓延的大流感前因後果就非常引人入勝，但它的內涵不只如此……最後巴瑞將我們帶回現實世界，文字間的意涵引人深思。」 ──《夏洛特觀察報》（The Charlotte Observer） 「十分易讀好入口……幾條主軸縱橫交織成的故事，包括有史以來最厲害的瘟疫，和二十世紀的醫藥科學發展史……他清楚描寫流感病毒如何攻擊人體，為後續事件奠下了概念基礎……就社會史角度觀之，《大流感》是無價之作。它訴說面對龐大壓力時，人性呈現的怯懦和勇氣，也訴說組織機構在當代道德倫理的箝制下，如何順勢興起或黯然殞落……那是我們這時代該好好思考的議題。」 ──《西雅圖時報》（The Seattle Times） 「有著不可思議的催眠魔力和恐怖……清晰有力的文體……堅實流暢的故事……是歷史著作，也是警訊。」 ──《天意日報》（The Providence Journal） 「精彩的歷史……《大流感》是經典之作。」 ──《巴頓魯治倡導者報》（Baton Rouge Advocate） 「一本醫學驚悚讀物……結合通俗歷史和通俗科學，讓人連想起大衛．麥卡羅描寫約翰鎮大洪水、巴拿馬運河施工、和建造布魯克林大橋的偉大作品。本書可謂這類揉合多種素材的著作中最有趣的。」 ──《阿肯色時報》（Arkansas Times） 「巴瑞的與眾不同之處在於他的深入事件，及處理科學和政治如何與疾病的散布連動……讓人著迷……故事生動……細節處理精湛。」 ──《達拉斯晨報》（The Dallas Morning News） 「殺人魔故事處理得引人入勝……與理查．彼得生的名著《伊波拉浩劫》同樣令人毛骨悚然。作者對疾病的追蹤……有如維加（美國名攝影師）的運鏡手法。」 ──《科克斯評論》（Kirkus Reviews）之星光書評 「巴瑞深刻洞察科學的本質……現代科學在面對傳染病挑戰時，相同的態勢令人極為不安，加上當今社會對於戰爭和恐怖攻擊的悲慘經驗，使本書變得非讀不可……今昔環境的如此相似令人警惕……扣人心弦。」 ──美國微生物學會（American Society for Microbiology）前主席羅蘭．亞特拉斯發表於《學會新聞報》 「對一場改變美國和世界的毀滅性瘟疫中所發生的事件和相關人員，有才華洋溢令人信服的描寫。當今人類面對新式流行疾病時，這本書更具重大意義。」 ──史蒂芬．洛森柏格博士（Dr. Steven A. Rosenberg），美國國家癌症研究所外科主任

To conduct this experiment, eleven participants representing ten different organizations across the three M & S Domains were selected to test EASE using a modified Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) approach developed by Davis. Indexes were created from the participants'' responses to include both the quality of participants and research questions. The Cronbach Alpha Test for reliability was used to test the reliability of the adapted TAM. The Wilcoxon Signed Ranked test provided the statistical analysis that formed the basis of the research; that determined the EASE project has the potential to help mitigate the interoperability challenges in the U.S. Army''s M & S domains.

A revelatory look at the separation of church and state in America—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Great Influenza For four hundred years, Americans have fought over the proper relationships between church and state and between a free individual and the state. This is the story of the first battle in that war of ideas, a battle that led to the writing of the First Amendment and that continues to define the issue of the separation of church and state today. It began with religious persecution and ended in revolution, and along the way it defined the nature of America and of individual liberty. Acclaimed historian John M. Barry explores the development of these fundamental ideas through the story of Roger Williams, who was the first to link religious freedom to individual liberty, and who created in America the first government and society on earth informed by those beliefs. This book is essential to understanding the continuing debate over the role of religion and political power in modern life.

"This paper is an historical and policy primer for one to prepare for a severe flu pandemic - which is virtually guaranteed to happen at some time in the future. The paper provides actionable knowledge, gleaned from past flu pandemics and from recent science, to reduce the chance of you and your loved ones from contracting the flu. The paper discusses both the new novel H1N1 flu virus and the more lethal H5 N1 ("bird flu") virus. In discussing the future of H1N1, the author says, "Three of the preceding four pandemics, 1889, 1918, and 1957, show clear evidence of some fairly intense but sporadic initial local outbreaks scattered around the world. The novel H1N1 virus seems thus far to be following the pattern of those three pandemics, and it seems highly likely that it will return in full flower." The author projects that a full fledged global pandemic could cut global GDP by up to 4 to 6 percent, and that companies must now prepare for supply chain disruptions, even if only the milder H1N1 becomes the prevalent flu. An individual''s behavioral changes with social distancing and hygienic steps can dramatically reduce the chance of contracting the flu." - http://esd.mit.edu/WPS.

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year, winner of the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Lillian Smith Award. An American epic of science, politics, race, honor, high society, and the Mississippi River, Rising Tide tells the riveting and nearly forgotten story of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. The river inundated the homes of almost one million people, helped elect Huey Long governor and made Herbert Hoover president, drove hundreds of thousands of African Americans north, and transformed American society and politics forever. The flood brought with it a human storm: white and black collided, honor and money collided, regional and national powers collided. New Orleans’s elite used their power to divert the flood to those without political connections, power, or wealth, while causing Black sharecroppers to abandon their land to flee up north. The states were unprepared for this disaster and failed to support the Black community. The racial divides only widened when a white officer killed a Black man for refusing to return to work on levee repairs after a sleepless night of work. In the powerful prose of Rising Tide, John M. Barry removes any remaining veil that there had been equality in the South. This flood not only left millions of people ruined, but further emphasized the racial inequality that have continued even to this day.

#1 New York Times bestseller “Barry will teach you almost everything you need to know about one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history.”—Bill Gates "Monumental... an authoritative and disturbing morality tale."—Chicago Tribune The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 Flu Epidemic. Magisterial in its breadth of perspective and depth of research, The Great Influenza provides us with a precise and sobering model as we confront the epidemics looming on our own horizon. As Barry concludes, "The final lesson of 1918, a simple one yet one most difficult to execute, is that...those in authority must retain the public''s trust. The way to do that is to distort nothing, to put the best face on nothing, to try to manipulate no one. Lincoln said that first, and best. A leader must make whatever horror exists concrete. Only then will people be able to break it apart." At the height of World War I, history’s most lethal influenza virus erupted in an army camp in Kansas, moved east with American troops, then exploded, killing as many as 100 million people worldwide. It killed more people in twenty-four months than AIDS killed in twenty-four years, more in a year than the Black Death killed in a century. But this was not the Middle Ages, and 1918 marked the first collision of science and epidemic disease.

"The Washington Post has said that Barry''s work has "the potential to change the way we think." In Power Plays: Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports, he once again makes us see the world differently." "Power Plays tells the compelling inside story of how House Speaker Newt Gingrich engineered the downfall of Speaker Jim Wright, a story in which Vice President Dick Cheney, Senator Trent Lott, and Representative David Bonior played major roles."--BOOK JACKET.

One of the nation''s leading surgeons tells the compelling story of his headline-making experiments--scientific breakthroughs that may revolutionize the treatment of cancer. Haunted by the question "Can the body rid itself of cancer?" Dr. Rosenberg seized upon immunotherapy as the most promising path toward curing the disease and has since achieved worldwide renown for his work. 8 pages of photographs.

At the peak of his career, Speaker of the House Jim Wright exercised more power than any other member of Congress in this century. Then, he became the first Speaker of the House to be forced from office. Here, Barry traces the polit ical and legal maneuvering, the deals, personal grudges, and professional "favors" through which our public policy is decided.