Vaccines and Bayonets: Fighting Smallpox in Africa amid Tribalism, Terror and the Cold War

Step into the heart of a turbulent era with Vaccines & Bayonets, a gripping historical memoir that chronicles one woman's extraordinary journey with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and CDC in Africa. In this vivid recounting-which one Pulitzer nominee says, "reads like a political thriller, women's history, and African adventure rolled into one."-Bee Bloeser unveils the raw reality of her family's part in the mission to eradicate smallpox, revealing triumphs and trials f...