![]() We cannot help but feel the compelling power of this narrative. The Best and the Brightest is almost like watching an Alfred Hitchcock thriller.” ( The Boston Globe) It is also the Iliad of the American empire and the Odyssey of this nation’s search for its idealistic soul. “The most comprehensive saga of how America became involved in Vietnam. 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 As the definitive single-volume answer to that question, this enthralling book has never been superseded. "A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience.” ( The New York Times ) David Halberstam’s masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a foreword by Senator John McCain. ![]()
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