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Dr. Michael Anderson’s review of Deadliest Enemy by Michael T. Osterholm, Phd, MPH and Mark Olshaker
This book is a personal memoir spanning 40 years in the pursuit of pandemic disease. It is scientifically sound, well written, and engages the reader in a personal recollection of what Osterholm describes as our "deadliest enemy.” Mark Olshaker serves well as a co-author, fact checker, editor and confidant. Academic treatises and scientific publications on epidemic and pandemic disease, biological warfare and the threat of bioterrorism abound but this is the first book I’ve read that addresses the topic in the context of a life spent working in memory of all people everywhere who died of preventable, deadly disease in the hope that we will advance in wisdom and understanding to prevent such scourges from occurring again. Osterholm takes the narrative a step further, however, and captures the feeling experienced by those of us who, by choice or fortune, have engaged with the enemy in the small hours of the night only to find ourselves ourselves frightened at the inevitable conclusions of our research. The book is highly readable and suitable for health professionals, scientists, public servants, politicians and anyone who cares about the future of humanity and the planet.
Michael D. Anderson, MD, FAAFP (Emeritus) is a retired United States Army Officer and lecturer on bioterrorism in the NATO Partners for Peace program.
Mary Beard’s America Through Women’s Eyes, reviewed by Paula Overby
America Through Women’s Eyes by Mary R. Beard, is both inspiring and provocative. It left me feeling like I was reading about an alternative reality that amplified the role of women, articulating a relationship between men and women that seems persistent. Many of the essays felt oddly contemporary as if they could be written today. I was left with a sense that the status of women in relationship to men has changed very little.
The context challenged my traditional view of women’s studies as a steady progression of expanding rights and opportunities for women. The stories portrayed women as the denizens of humanity and social order but also illustrated that some women have always held a place in the upper echelons of wealth and influence. It reinforced my own conclusions that the principal failure of the women’s movement is fundamentally a failure to establish a social priority for the things women do.
The breath of our perspective depends on how close we are to the peep-hole of historic vision. This book has brought me closer to that portal, expanding my view of the complex socioeconomic relationship that exists between men and women with an enduring quality that we may not choose to acknowledge.
Paula
Deadliest Enemy by Michael T. Osterholm, Ph.D, MPH And Mark Olshaker
This book is a personal memoir spanning 40 years in the pursuit of pandemic disease. It is scientifically sound, well written, and engages the reader in a personal recollection of what Osterholm describes as our "deadliest enemy.” Mark Olshaker serves well as a co-author, fact checker, editor and confidant. Academic treatises and scientific publications on epidemic and pandemic disease, biological warfare and the threat of bioterrorism abound but this is the first book I’ve read that addresses the topic in the context of a life spent working in memory of all people everywhere who died of preventable, deadly disease in the hope that we will advance in wisdom and understanding to prevent such scourges from occurring again. Osterholm takes the narrative a step further, however, and captures the feeling experienced by those of us who, by choice or fortune, have engaged with the enemy in the small hours of the night only to find ourselves ourselves frightened at the inevitable conclusions of our research. The book is highly readable and suitable for health professionals, scientists, public servants, politicians and anyone who cares about the future of humanity and the planet. Michael D. Anderson, MD, FAAFP (Emeritus) is a retired United States Army Officer and lecturer on bioterrorism in the NATO Partners for Peace program.