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Best and the Brightest
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A mammoth study of the Kennedy intellectuals--Bundy, McNamara, et. al.--and their role in policy-making during the Vietnam War. These "best and brightest" came from the finest schools, and had backgrounds in government and power, yet the flaws and ultimate failure of their leadership changed America and brought darkness to Camelot.
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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
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Tackling the Korean War with monumental research and laser-sharp reportage, Halberstam explores the untold heroism and pathos of the worst American military defeat since Little Big Horn--and the Washington politics that set it in motion.
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Summer of '49
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In the finest tradition of baseball journalism, David Halberstam captures the drama and joy of the 1949 pennant race, which pitted the New York Yankees against the Boston Red Sox. Personalities include Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Yogi Berra, and Jerry Coleman. Halberstam evokes a different time, when baseball was broadcast on the radio and games ...
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The Fifties
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A topical, yet enlightening, popular history of the 1950s in America, including Elvis Presley, the Beats, McCarthyism, and the Civil Rights movement.
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October 1964
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Following his #1 baseball bestseller Summer of '49, David Halberstam gives us the Yankees-Cardinals World Series that concluded the '64 season--a transformational American moment, both inside and outside the ballpark. A book of deep insight and importance, October 1964 is also, like Halberstam's previous baseball work, a great read. Photographs.
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Powers That Be
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam charts the development of four media powers--CBS, Time magazine, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. He shows how each affects American life and opinion through its pervasive influence, and how some of these organizations have become directly involved in politics.
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War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton & the Generals
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Through a deep analysis of the War in the Gulf, and through studies of operations in Haiti, Somalia, and Bosnia, Halberstam examines new ways of waging war following the fall of Communism. He addresses the issues of civilian control of the military and whether politics threatens to interfere with military goals, and he explains the new ...
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The Teammates
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Acclaimed historian Halberstam examines here the story of four friends and fellow ball players: Ted Williams, Dominic DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, and Bobby Doerr. THE TEAMMATES tells of their friendship during their playing days with an eye to fine detail, and continues on through to their retired lives off the diamond.
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The Reckoning
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In this study of the competition between Ford and Nissan, journalist David Halberstam searches for larger answers to the future of America and whether it can still compete in the world.
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Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World He Made
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David Halberstam, the author of many highly regarded books on sports and American culture, examines the life and career of Michael Jordan--and in doing so, profiles the personalities and the business practices that have changed the game of basketball. This book follows Jordan from his youth to his final game as an NBA player. A New York Times ...
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The Education of a Coach
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The statistics will support the claim made by his fans that Bill Belichick is either the best or one of the best coaches in the NFL, including the Superbowl victories of his team the New England Patriots in 2001, 2003, and 2004. Belichick's 30-year career as head coach or as assistant coach (working with the legendary Bill Parcells) puts him at ...
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Firehouse
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This post-September 11 report on New York City firefighters is based on interviews with family members, friends, and brother firemen. Halberstam commemorates the lives of 12 firefighters from a firehouse on New York City's Upper West Side--Engine 40, Ladder 35--who responded to the tragedy. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.
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The Reckoning: The Challenge to America's Greatness
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In this study of the competition between Ford and Nissan, journalist David Halberstam searches for larger answers to the future of America and whether it can still compete in the world.
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Ho
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This biography of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese revolutionary leader, examines his youth and influences (including Marx and Lenin), his years in Paris, and his efforts to overthrow the colonial rule of France in his country.
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The Children
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Noted journalist David Halberstam worked as a reporter for "The Nashville Tennessean" in 1960 where he got to know eight young men and women who were just becoming aware of and involved in the struggle for civil rights through the workshops on nonviolence conducted by James Lawson, a student at the Vanderbilt Divinity School. Through the ...
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Next Century
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David Halberstam, whose well-researched books on power have become bestsellers, casts his eyes toward a future America and sees a greater division along lines of education and class. He questions whether America's service-oriented economy can compete globally.
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Best American Sports Writing of the Century
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David Halberstam (Introduction by), Glenn Stout (Foreword by)
These 50 pieces of exemplary 20th-century American sports writing, selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Halberstam, include works by Jimmy Cannon, Red Smith, Damon Runyon, and Frank Deford.
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Breaks of the Game
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam writes of one year with the Portland Trail Blazers, profiling coaches and players on and off the court, and providing a view of the business side of basketball.
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The amateurs
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David Halberstam chronicles the grueling sport of amateur rowing through portraits of four competitors, past college age, as they struggle to qualify for one of the less prestigious Olympic events.
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The Teammates: A Portrait of Friendship
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Filled with historical details and firsthand accounts, this moving story focuses on four baseball greats--Bobby Doerr, Dominic DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky and Ted Williams--whose 60-year friendship saw them through the transition from sports icons to men dealing with growing old.
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A Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti
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From his musings on the psychology of the game to his opinions on strikes, trades, and cheating, this collection of spirited, incisive essays by the late Bart Giamatti--former president of the National League and Commissioner of Baseball--offers a thoughtful meditation on baseball, character, and values.
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New York September 11
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The events in New York City of September 11, 2001 are recorded in pictures by members of the Magnum photo cooperative, who were in the city for a membership meeting, and who stayed to document the day and the aftermath. David Halberstam provides an introduction. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001.
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Suburbia
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Bill Owens, Robert Harshorn Shimshak (Editor), David Halberstam (Introduction by)
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ESPN Sports Century
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Michael Maccambridge (Editor), David Halberstam (Introduction by), Chris Berman (Foreword by)
Highlighting significant moments in 20th-century sports, this dramatic history tells its story through photographs, playbooks, biographical portraits, and essays where a diverse group of writers--including Joyce Carol Oates and Thomas Boswell--contemplate why selected sports icons so accurately reflect a decade's political and social climate.
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The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal
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David Halberstam
Here Halberstam once again displays the unique brand of reportage that distinguished his bestselling The Best and the Brightest and October 1964. This time he has taken for his subject the dramatic and special world of amateur rowing, following the quest of four young men at the 1984 single sculls trials in Princeton.
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