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Tinderbox

How the West Sparked the AIDS Epidemic and How the World Can Finally Overcome It
Aug 22, 2012binational rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Very entertainingly written, but I soon noticed something bizarre about this book. It has two authors, yet uses the third person to gush admiringly on the work of a Dr. Halperin. I double-checked the cover to see if that was the same Halperin listed as author. It was! This is NOT disinterested journalism. It is advocacy - an impassioned argument for circumcision, that does not look at contrary evidence (of which there is plenty, but you will not find it here). Dr. Halperin, who is Jewish, was a circumcision advocate before ever going to Africa and latching onto the HIV argument. I was expecting balance, and a critical evaluation of all the evidence. Instead I found faith disguised as science.