 False Alarm: The Truth about the Epidemic of Fear
ISBN: 978-0-471-67869-4
Hardcover
256 pages
August 2005
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Preface.
Introduction: The Fear Epidemic.
PART I: FIGHT OR FLIGHT
Introduction. The Fear Epidemic.
1. Contemporary Fear.
2. Mechanisms of Fear.
3. The Politics of Danger.
4. Fear of Death.
5. Disasters: Real or Imagined.
6. The Topography of Worry.
7. Profiting From Fear.
PART II: BUG DE JOUR.
8. Anthrax.
9. West Nile Virus, Smallpox, Chemical Weapons.
10. Sars.
11. Human Flu.
12. Mad Cow, Bird Flu.
PART III: HEALING FEAR.
13. The Fear Counselor.
14. Treating Fear.
Afterword.
Bibliography.
Index.
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