“No other disease, no war, no natural disaster, no famine comes close to the great pandemic. In the space of eighteen months in 1918–1919, about 500 million people, one-third of the human race at the time, came down with influenza.… — Albert Marrin Copy Share Image
“In the United States, influenza death rates were so high that the average life span fell by twelve years, from fifty-one in 1917 to thirty-nine in 1918. If you were a “doughboy”—slang for an American soldier—you had a better chance… — Albert Marrin Copy Share Image
“No other disease, no war, no natural disaster, no famine comes close to the great pandemic. In the space of eighteen months in 1918–1919,… — Albert Marrin Copy Share Image
“In the United States, influenza death rates were so high that the average life span fell by twelve years, from fifty-one in 1917 to… — Albert Marrin Copy Share Image
“By the fall of 1918, it was clear that a nation's prosperity, even its very survival, depended on securing a safe, abundant supply of… — Albert Marrin Copy Share Image
“Rising demand for oil exposed Europe, and later America, to oil shocks - serious interruptions in supply. Like a pebble tossed into a pond,… — Albert Marrin Copy Share Image
“America experienced its first oil shock. Within days of the cutoff, oil prices rose from $2.90 to $11.65 a barrel; gasoline prices soared from… — Albert Marrin Copy Share Image
“Flu pandemics are nothing new. Medical historians think the first one struck in 1510, infecting Asia, Africa, Europe, and the New World. Between the… — Albert Marrin Copy Share Image
“It is in our best interest to. . . embark on a revolutionary change that will lead us away from oil dependency rather than… — Albert Marrin Copy Share Image
