Presidents, Pandemics, and Politics

I IntroductionTwentieth-Century SuccessesA Disturbing DevelopmentThe Importance of National, and Presidential, ActionII Pandemic Influenza
Influenza is not to be Taken Lightly
Influenza at its Most Horrendous-So Far
III Misguided Responses to Public Health EmergenciesThe Tragedies of Kalaupapa and CarvilleThe "Magic of the Marketplace," and Public Health EmergenciesMilitant Passivity from the Left Hand, Authoritarianism from the RightIdeology, Incompetence, but Some Thoughtful PlanningIV Appropriate Responses to Public Health EmergenciesPresidential Action and the San Francisco EarthquakePresidential Action and Hurricane BetsyPresidential Action and the Alaskan EarthquakeV President R. Gerald FordVigorous Action to Defend Against a Threatened PandemicFair Game: The Politics of Piling OnVI President Ford's National Influenza Immunization Program: A Special CaseThe Background: Widespread AgreementThe Launching of Ford's NIIPObstacles EmergeNo Pandemic plus Health Risk Must Mean Fiasco: A Confused DiscourseTurning From Talking Points to Analysis: NIIP as a Learning ExperienceAssessment of the NIIPVII ConclusionsEmergency ManagementLessons to Be LearnedBibliographyIndex