[PDF Download] And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic Writen By Randy Shilts
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
By : Randy Shilts
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Book Synopsis :
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 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
Book Detail :
Author : Randy Shilts
Pages : 32 pages
Publisher : Audible Studios
Language : eng
ISBN-10 : B002L7KS2K
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