Poxamericana by Elizabeth Fenn

Historian Elizabeth Fenn tracks a massive smallpox epidemic in North America. In her book, Poxamericana, she describes British soldiers who were more protected from infection because inoculation was more popular in England than it was in the US at the time. She describes British soldiers and officers deliberately trying to infect American soldiers where inoculation wasn't as widely accepted. They're like, we're just going to... I mean, it's always been fair in love and war. But also, you're like, I'm not going to try and actually fight you. I'm just going to get you sick. Like, come on, man. It's bioterrorism. That