And the Band played on



And the Band played on

Drawing on the points of view of ethics, number one so many people, and the Band Played On reads as a very evenhanded treatment of the people and events in the first years of the AIDS epidemic. Shilts works from interviews, memos, and sworn testimony, among other sources, letting each of the principals speak in his or her own words but also revealing the contradictions inherent in those words -- especially the contradiction between the official story and the reality on the ground. For those who thought the administration of George W. ...