具体描述
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 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.
作者简介
RANDY SHILTS was one of the first journalists to recognize AIDS as an important national issue and, in the early 1980s, he began to report on AIDS full time for the San Francisco Chronicle, making him the only journalist to do so. He was also the author of The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk and Conduct Unbecoming: Gay and Lesbians in the U.S. Military. Shilts died of AIDS-related complications in early 1994.
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评分 评分这是一本需要二刷三刷乃至n刷的书，虽然如此，初次看完以后仍然有很多感触。 艾滋病是一种病毒引起的传染性疾病。然而在美国，它不被看作单纯的一种疾病。因为要求性解放乃至狂欢的生活方式，同性恋群体成为这一疾病的高发人群。在此，这种疾病便与同性恋产生了密切的联系，因...
评分这本书的英文名是 and the brand play on,其实讲的意境与“商女不知亡国恨，隔江犹唱后庭花”有很大的相似之处。核心就是艾滋病的传播完全是人祸。各方人物为捍卫自己的权利做出的选择，让科研没有经费，健康宣传不到位，传染源不禁止。艾滋病白白传播5年后才幡然醒悟，然而覆...
评分《世纪的哭泣》原著题目是“And the Band Played On”，让人联想到杜牧的诗句：商女不知亡国恨，隔江犹唱后庭花。书问世以后，许多人问兰迪·希尔兹为何取此书名，他解释道，“照常营业”的时髦说法而已——其实这是一句歌词，在美国乐队“The Temptation”1970年的作品“Ball ...
用户评价
I can't help but think maybe the history is repeating itself. What‘s happened in the US feels so familiar. The Trump administration's response to covid-19 in the early days of the outbreak was almost parallel to that of Reagan's.
评分大概是对美国80年代关于艾滋病发现和科研历史最详尽的一本书了，作者详实的访谈让人感动。难以想象最初为AIDS挣扎的人都经历了什么，在最黑暗的地方也有光，要将火炬传递下去。
评分I can't help but think maybe the history is repeating itself. What‘s happened in the US feels so familiar. The Trump administration's response to covid-19 in the early days of the outbreak was almost parallel to that of Reagan's.
评分美利坚也并没有那么美好，但是也要看到美利坚的厉害之处，那些在逆境中坚持研究的学者值得尊敬，官僚们的表现则令人厌恶。
评分美利坚也并没有那么美好，但是也要看到美利坚的厉害之处，那些在逆境中坚持研究的学者值得尊敬，官僚们的表现则令人厌恶。
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