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AIDS, the Winter War
by Kahn, Arthur D
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Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1993. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Good in good dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Signed by author. Ink mark and notations on fe, underlining and marginal marks throughout. Edges soiled. DJ has some wear and soiling.. xviii, [2], 236 p. Occasional footnotesIndex. Arthur Kahn traces the history of the struggle for recognition of and action on behalf of the AIDS epidemic. He describes the heroic struggle for survival by persons with AIDS and their allies for survival. He documents the sophisticated and effective mobilization of AIDS activists in the face of apathy from the Reagan and Bush administrations. Kahn presents a case study of the difficulties involved in bringing new drugs for AIDS to U.S. markets. He outlines the frustrating attempts to promote egg lecithin as the potential medicine for HIV patients after its use showed some signs of success in Israel. Obstruction by the federal bureaucracy, greed and incompetence on the part of the drug industry, stonewalling by scientific mandarins, and impediments to evaluation testing these are shown to be the cruel realities faces by patients and activists. After setting this background, Kahn details the work of President Reagan's commission on AIDS. Although news of the establishment of this committee was met with scorn and cynicism, the results of its study were both effective and humane. Led by Admiral James Watkins, whose sensitivity won the respect of both commissions members and gay activists, the Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Epidemic issued a final report that seriously addressed the ramifications of the epidemic for American society as a whole. Arthur D. Kahn, now retired, was chairman of the Classics Department at Brock University in Ontario. He has taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo, New York University, the College Year at Athens, and has held the O'Connor Chair at Colgate University. He has published several other books, including "The Education of Julius Caesar"
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- Title
- AIDS, the Winter War
- Author
- Kahn, Arthur D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in good dust jacket. Highlighting/underlining. Signed by author. Ink mark and notations on fe, underlining and marginal mar
- Quantity Available
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- Edition
- Presumed first edition/first printing
- ISBN 10
- 1566390184
- ISBN 13
- 9781566390187
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Immunodeficiency, Active Lipid 721, FDA, ALternative Therapy, AZT, Bill Bahlman, Gary Bauer, Martin Delaney, Anthony Fauci, Robert Gallo, Barry Gingell, Tom Hannan, James Jacobson, John James, Mathilde Krim, Michael May, James Watkins, Mier Shinitzky
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