The Best and the Brightest

David Halberstam

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Ballantine
04 January 1994

History; Asian history; History of the Americas; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Warfare & defence

"David Halberstam's masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam

tragedy, with a new Foreword by Senator John McCain.

""A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience.""-The New York Times

Using portraits of America's flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the

Brightest reckons magnificently with the most important abiding question of our country's recent history- Why did America become mired in Vietnam, and why did we lose? As

the definitive single-volume answer to that question, this enthralling book has never

been superseded. It is an American classic.

Praise for The Best and the Brightest

""The most comprehensive saga of how America became involved in Vietnam. . . . It is also theIliadof the American empire and theOdysseyof this nation's search for its idealistic soul.

The Best and the Brightestis almost like watching an Alfred Hitchcock thriller.""-The Boston Globe

""Deeply moving . . . We cannot help but feel the compelling power of this narrative. . . . Dramatic and tragic, a chain of events overwhelming in their force, a distant war embodying illusions and myths, terror and violence, confusions and courage, blindness, pride, and arrogance.""-LosAngelesTimes

""A fascinating tale of folly and self-deception . . .

An

absorbing, detailed, and devastatingly caustic tale of Washington in the days of the Caesars.""-The Washington Post Book World

""Seductively readable . . . It is a staggeringly ambitious undertaking that is fully matched by Halberstam's performance. . . . This is in all ways an admirable and necessary book.""-Newsweek

""A story every American should read.""-St. Louis Post-Dispatch"

By: David Halberstam
Imprint: Ballantine
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Twentieth-anniversary ed
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9780449908709
ISBN 10: 0449908704
Pages: 708
Publication Date: 04 January 1994
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Best and the Brightest

For anyone who aspires to a position of national leadership, no matter the circumstances of his or her birth, this book should be mandatory reading. And anyone who feels a need, as a confused former prisoner of war once felt the need, for insights into how a great and good nation can lose a war and see its worthy purposes and principles destroyed by self-delusion can do no better than to read and reread David Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest. --from the Foreword by Senator John McCain The most comprehensive saga of how America became involved in Vietnam. . . . [I]t is also The Iliad of the American empire and The Odyssey of this nation's search for its idealistic soul. --The Boston Globe Seductively readable. . . . [I]t is a staggeringly ambitious undertaking that is fully matched by Halberstam's perfor-mance. --Newsweek A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience. --The New York Times