The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam

The Best and the Brightest

David Halberstam

831 pages first pub 1969 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced

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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 p...

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challenging 77%
informative 77%
reflective 66%
sad 33%
dark 22%
tense 22%
adventurous 11%

Pace

slow 100%

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