Egypt's Other Wars: Epidemics and the Politics of Public Health

Adds to our understanding of the way women have involved themselves in decision making and reveals the central role played by women in health politics in a society that is customarily portrayed as a patriarchy American Historical Review

In this stimulating and original monograph Gallagher investigates the political manipulation of the epidemics of the 1940s by the nationalists, the king, and the British. Choice

The book is valuable in that it has opened the door to a fascinating field of analysis linking public health and politics in an era of waning European dominance. ISIS: The Journal of the History of Science in Society

Egypt's Other Wars demonstrates well the intimate linkage between public health, socioeconomic conditions, and national and international politics. Middle East Journal