Stacking the coffins : influenza, war and revolution in Ireland, 1918-19 / Ida Milne.

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2018.

x, 263 pages : illustrations, charts, maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Copy 1. Note : Handwritten incription on title-page: 'Ida Milne'.

A 'mysterious malady'-or a 'perfect storm'? -- The flu: a news perspective -- Counting the ill and the dead -- 'Managing' the crisis -- The doctors' view: medical puzzle, politics and search for cures -- Hospitals and other institutions: coping with crises -- Dying and surviving: eye witnesses -- Influenza as a political tool -- Epilogue: the long aftermath.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-255) and index.