The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam

'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. No matter what your position may have been or may be, this book fully and expertly explores the American foreign policy decisions and actions that led to this war and its execution and paints a clear picture of its catalytic role in the shaping of today's America.

When I read The Best and the Brightest, that all changed. So, as a consequence, when I think of the Vietnam War it is the images that the generations before me created that come to mind-Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon. Halberstam's most well known work is The Best and the Brightest. The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam () Published by Random House 20 Anv edition (1992-08. In historical terms, it of course precedes the. He is interviewed in the 1968 documentary film on the Vietnam War entitled In the Year of the Pig. Halberstams 'The Best and the Brightest' was the defining work on the Vietnam War now, three decades later, he sheds light on another dark corner in our history, the Korean War.

At the age of 30, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the war. But unlike the Baby Boomers, we are not defined by the war-it, literally and figuratively, did not make us. David Halberstam The best and the brightest Paperback Import, Januby David Halberstam (Author) 33 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 25.00 17 Used from 19.95 1 New from 35.00 Paperback 27.55 3 Used from 23. In 1963, he received a George Polk Award for his reporting at the New York Times. My generation was touched by the war in Vietnam, but only in the sense that our parents were part of it-whether they marched for peace or served in the military or fell somewhere in between. Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts. Publication date 1992 Collection millionbooks universallibrary Language English. 1 title per month from Audible’s entire catalog of best sellers, and new releases. I was born during the Watergate Hearings. The Best And The Brightest by Halberstam, David. The Vietnam War has seemed more shadowy and cinematic to me than anything else for most of my life.