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The classic portrait of power and politics in the 1960s featuring the brilliant men who led the country into the Vietnam War, republished on its 20th ... Show synopsis

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    Hardcover, 1972

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    Trade paperback, 1993

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    Trade paperback, 1983

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    Hardcover, 2001

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Overall customer rating: 4.201
Charlton

Revealing look at Kennedy administration

by Charlton on May 14, 2009

The people, policies and decisions that inexorably brought this nation into a land war in Vietnam are revealed in this historical novel by David Halberstam. The powerful political figures working behind the scenes in Democratic and Republican presidential adminstrations following WWII are brought to ... More

CharleyinTX

Great read

by CharleyinTX on Mar 19, 2009

Everyone should read this book. Applies to today as well as then. Really a great book. More

Bevan

classic

by Bevan on Jan 1, 2009

Great book about a true American hero. And, tells the real story about why we lost the Vietnam war. More

WmTN

Another Screeching Diatribe

by WmTN on Sep 11, 2008

Halberstam was a professional iconoclast. His views on politics and war run from the naieve to the rediculous. If one compares this book with, say, Palmer's "summons of the Trumpet," one would wonder whether the two books were about the same war. At one point in a later book Halberstam tell his readers ... More

ProfFox

Classic history and analysis

by ProfFox on Jun 18, 2007

This is the second time I've read this. The first was when it first came out. This should be required reading in every civics and history class... and for every presidential candidate. It clearly demonstrates how even the smartest people can be mislead by their assumptions, prejudgements, and ... More

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