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And the band played on:

politics, people, and the AIDS epidemic
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Penguin Books, 1987 - Health & Fitness - 640 pages
By the time Rock Hudson's death in 1985 alerted all America to the danger of the AIDS epidemic, the disease had spread across the nation, killing thousands of people and emerging as the greatest health crisis of the 20th century. America faced a troubling question: What happened? How was this epidemic allowed to spread so far before it was taken seriously? In answering these questions, Shilts weaves weaves the disparate threads into a coherent story, pinning down every evasion and contradiction at the highest levels of the medical, political, and media establishments. Shilts shows that the epidemic spread wildly because the federal government put budget ahead of the nation's welfare; health authorities placed political expediency before the public health; and scientists were often more concerned with international prestige than saving lives. Against this backdrop, Shilts tells the heroic stories of individuals in science and politics, public health and the gay community, who struggled to alert the nation to the enormity of the danger it faced. And the Band Played On is both a tribute to these heroic people and a stinging indictment of the institutions that failed the nation so badly.

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The problem, I think, is that this book lacked a plot. - Goodreads
Shilts is obviously a good writer. - Goodreads
Written with great passion and a fair bit of insight. - Goodreads
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I tried first reading this book about 10 yrs ago. A cheap hardback purchase at a library resale event. It was a seemingly lengthy read at the time. Couldn't sleep the other night, so took off the ... Read full review

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This is a book I first read in the mid-nineties. Like so many at that time, one of my friends had died of AIDS, and I had done a special paper on French AIDS literature while at uni, and was loaned ... Read full review

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BEHOLD A PALE HORSE
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BEFORE1980
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PAVING THE ROAD1981
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About the author (1987)

Randy Shilts was born in 1951, in Davenport, Iowa. One of the first openly gay journalists hired at a major newspaper, he worked for the "San Francisco Chronicle" for thirteen years. He died of AIDS in 1994 at his home in the Sonoma County redwoods in California. He was the author of "The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk "(1982), "And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic "(1987), and "Conduct Unbecoming: Lesbians and Gays in the U.S. Military "(1993). He also wrote extensively for many major newspapers and magazines, including "The New York Times, Newsweek, Esquire, The Los Angeles Times, "and "The Advocate. And the Band Played On "was made into a docudrama that was broadcast on HBO in 1993.

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