And the Band Played On

Why was AIDS allowed to spread unchecked during the early 1980s while our most trusted institutions ignored or denied the thread? In this brilliant, now classic exposé of one of the most important issues of our time, Randy Shilts does nothing less than answer this frightening question. And the Band Played On reveals how the federal government put its budgetary concerns ahead of the nation's welfare, how health authorities placed political expediency before public health, and how some scientists valued international prestige more than saving lives. This masterpiece of investigative journalism has become the very foundation for all ongoing debate about the greatest medical crisis of the twentieth century.