Tinderbox released in paperback!
praise in New York Times "Paperback Row" section, March 24, 2013
“Randy Shilts’s And the Band Played On was the first—and for decades the best—book on AIDS. Tinderbox is every bit as good, revealing the same denial, the same story of politics trumping science, and the same tragedy. Read it!"
“Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin have written a searing book about the AIDS epidemic. Tinderbox is an indictment of Western ineptitude and meddling and lost opportunities to prevent millions of infections and deaths."
“The sometimes glorious, often tragic constellation of science, politics, and personalities in the fight against AIDS comes to life in the masterful storytelling of an energetic journalist and a passionate scientist.”
“Timberg and Halperin have been challenging conventional wisdom for years. Their book is entertaining, thought-provoking, human, and in the end, hopeful for a continent that craves some answers after two decades of HIV prevention failures.”
"A remarkable volume. With rare clarity, Tinderbox lays bare the origins of the AIDS virus, and then reveals the often hapless and delinquent responses of the international community. It's a fascinating read: relentlessly honest, sometimes scathing, alway principled."
"An excellent read. Tinderbox brilliantly outlines the successes, failures, and missed opportunities in the battle of HIV prevention over the last thirty years."
Longtime Washington Post journalist Craig Timberg and award-winning AIDS researcher Daniel Halperin tell the surprising story of how western colonial powers unwittingly sparked the AIDS epidemic and then fanned its rise. Drawing on remarkable new science, Tinderbox overturns the conventional wisdom on the origins of this deadly epidemic and the best ways to fight it today.
Recent genetic discoveries have traced the birth of HIV to the forbidding equatorial forests of Cameroon, where chimpanzees carried a nearly identical virus for millennia without causing a major outbreak in humans. During the Scramble for Africa near the turn of the twentieth century, colonial companies blazed new routes through the jungle in search of rubber and other riches, sending African porters into remote regions rarely traveled before. It was here, during the age of european conquest, that humans first contracted the strain of HIV that would eventually cause 99 percent of AIDS deaths around the world.
More About Tinderbox"An essential and engrossing read...Extensively researched, eminently readable and accessible...a notable and invaluable addition."
“Reads like a detective novel. The authors have clearly done important research and have brought together amazing stories, bits of history, and scientific perspectives.“
"A strong warning to those who would disregard the cultural specificities of those one is trying to serve"
"Absorbing interdisciplinary study...this timely exposé advocates practical solutions to a seemingly intractable problem."
"...laced with science - virology, epidemiology, the mechanics of circumcision - but the writing remains crisp and clear. The story is full of real, live people that help the reader understand African cultures, colonialism and the devastating effects of disease."
praise in New York Times "Paperback Row" section, March 24, 2013
"Five Myths about AIDS," by Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin, March 8, 2013
"Amazon Warfare: How an Anti-Circumcision Fringe Group Waged an Ideological Attack against AIDS Scholarship," by Joya Banerjee, September 24, 2012
audio and print excerpts ("A Better Way to Fight HIV"), September 19, 2012
Endeavors magazine, University of North Carolina, August 2, 2012
in PSI's "Impact" magazine, July 2012
the authors interviewed by Ray Suarez on April 10, 2012
The Washington Post, February 28, 2012
by Parmeeth Atwal, July 2012 issue
in the Times' Book Review section on April 27, 2012 (and selected as NY Times "Editors' Choice" on May 6, 2012)
by Daniel Halperin, July 24, 2012
June 30, 2012
40-minute interview with Craig Timberg aired on February 27, 2012
March 11, 2012
with Daniel Halperin during the International AIDS Conference, July 24, 2012
with Daniel Halperin (hour-long) on June 14, 2102
with Daniel Halperin, published April 16, 2012
with Daniel Halperin on June 5, 2012
by Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin in the Post's Outlook section, posted March 9, 2012
with Daniel Halperin (featured segment on February 29, 2012)
Interview with Daniel Halperin published online on April 25, 2012
Interview (hour-long) with Craig Timberg on March 24 by Scott Evertz, Former Director of Office of National AIDS Policy
by Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin, March 5, 2012
by John Donnelly, April 7, 2012
"AIDS and Imperialism: Karma and Colonial Crimes," by Robert Dreyfuss, February 28, 2012
interview/discussion with Daniel Halperin and others aired on May 16
March 18, 2012
by James Hall, May 2, 2012
with Daniel Halperin, March 3, 2012
March 7, 2012
"Was colonialism to blame for the spread of HIV in Africa?"by David Smith, The Guardian, March 4, 2012
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