false 28212 10 In the first major book on AIDS, San Francisco Chronicle reporter Randy Shilts examines the making of an epidemic. Shilts researched and reported the book exhaustively, chronicling almost day-by-day the first five years of AIDS. His work is critical of the medical and scientific communities' initial response and particularly harsh on the Reagan Administration, who he claims cut funding, ignored calls for action and deliberately misled Congress. Shilts doesn't stop there, wondering why more people in the gay community, the mass media and the country at large didn't stand up in anger more quickly. The AIDS pandemic is one of the most striking developments of the late 20th century and this is the definitive story of its beginnings. 1080309 1987 And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic total:1518|5:819|4:537|3:144|2:16|1:2| 1518 6709 2217 218 5 3 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 22:14:20 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 22:14:52 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jun 16 11:40:19 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 12 14:39:57 -0800 2008
1. We are likely not safe from another random crazy deadly virus that will catch us offguard.

2. You have probably underestimated what an asshole Reagan was.

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#1, As a child raised by a racist mother, seeing the movie "Mississippi Burning" for the first time. I bawled my eyes out when I realized the extent of my ignorance of my black brothers and...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 12:35:29 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 12:49:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 06:58:09 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 06:13:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Nov 11 17:59:27 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 11 18:02:11 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 31 21:33:50 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 09:22:28 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 21:33:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 03 18:07:20 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 18:23:43 -0800 2009 Milk leaves off. I was inspired to read it while buying Randy Shilts' biography of Harvey Milk, which was placed next to this book on the bookstore shelves. You will recognize some of the characters...more...]]> 5 0 true false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Sat Oct 24 16:40:40 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 10:35:11 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Sep 18 16:41:07 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 16:41:07 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Wed Oct 28 10:23:25 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 10:28:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 30 18:02:17 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 18:08:59 -0800 2008
The book is not an easy read and you will need a dictionary in hand while exploring the pages of this book. However, when you have finished this book you will not have only read a masterpiece of literary art, but will be taken through ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 10:03:02 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 13:22:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 01 10:00:32 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 24 18:24:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Oct 08 11:15:28 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 15 13:06:23 -0800 2008
Voted one of the most influential books of the 20th century, And the Band Played On lives up to this billing. The most thorough documentary of the AIDS Epidemic of the late 1970s through the late 1980s, Shilts has a way to get his ...more...]]>