And the Band Played On
Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
Ranked #4 in Public Health, Ranked #13 in Diseases — see more rankings.
Upon its first publication twenty years ago, And The Band Played on was quickly recognized as a masterpiece of investigatve reporting. An international bestseller, a nominee for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and made into a critically acclaimed movie, Shilts' expose revealed why AIDS was allowed to spread unchecked during the early 80's while the most trusted institutions ignored or denied the threat. One of the few true modern classics, it changed and framed how AIDS was discussed in the following years. Now republished in a special 20th Anniversary edition, And the Band... more
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Jonathan Rauch A harrowing vision of what a world without marriage finally looks like. (Source)
Clara Jeffery Book is great but the movie pretty great too and horrifying similar failure of politicized science, just a way shorter timetable now https://t.co/TRUiKs9WTR (Source)
Arthur Ammann He was concerned because his friends were infected and some of them were dying. (Source)
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- #69 in Documentaries
- #42 in Gay
- #63 in Journalism
- #32 in Medical
- #22 in Medicine
- #14 in Microbiology
- #13 in Pandemic
- #19 in San Francisco
- #28 in Sexuality
- #59 in Social Sciences
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