Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic by Randy Shilts . 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 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. I read Randy Shilts 'The Mayor of Castro Street' after having become. AND THE BAND PLAYED-OP/1 K User Review - Not Available - Book Verdict. SOC SCI This shocking and illuminating account by the best-selling author of Conduct Unbecoming.
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