The end of a global pox : America and the eradication of smallpox in the Cold War era / Bob H. Reinhardt.

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2015]

xvi, 268 pages ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Becoming a suitable candidate for global eradication -- A global great society and the U.S. commitment to eradication -- The CDC and smallpox eradication in West and Central Africa -- Mutual understanding and the final phase of eradication -- A suitable candidate for global terror -- Epilogue : celebrating a complicated legacy.