The Mosquito: A Human History Of Our Deadliest Predator

Author: Timothy C. Winegard

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What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution, and how did it lead to Britain colonising Australia? What protected Popes for centuries? And what does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? The answer to these questions and many more is: the mosquito.


The mosquito has razed economies, determined the fates of empires and decided the outcome of pivotal wars. They have dispatched an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 billion ever to have lived. As the greatest purveyor of extermination we have known, she has played a greater role in shaping our history than any other living creature.


The Mosquito is the extraordinary story of how a tiny bloodsucking fly indelibly changed our world.

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The surprising true story of how the course of human history was redirected, time and again, by the pesky mosquito.

Author description

Dr Timothy C. Winegard holds a PhD from Oxford and served for nine years as an officer in the Canadian and British forces. He now teaches history and political science at Colorado Mesa University and has published four books of history.