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The Best and the Brightest
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 37 hrs and 4 mins
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Publisher's Summary
David Halberstam’s masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a foreword by Senator John McCain.
"A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience.” (The New York Times)
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 As the definitive single-volume answer to that question, this enthralling book has never been superseded. It is an American classic.
“The most comprehensive saga of how America became involved in Vietnam.... It is also the Iliad of the American empire and the Odyssey of this nation’s search for its idealistic soul. The Best and the Brightest is almost like watching an Alfred Hitchcock thriller.” (The Boston Globe)
“Deeply moving... We cannot help but feel the compelling power of this narrative.... Dramatic and tragic, a chain of events overwhelming in their force, a distant war embodying illusions and myths, terror and violence, confusions and courage, blindness, pride, and arrogance.” (Los Angeles Times)
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“Seductively readable... It is a staggeringly ambitious undertaking that is fully matched by Halberstam’s performance.... This is in all ways an admirable and necessary book.” (Newsweek)
“A story every American should read.” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
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- Nick Hughes
- 17-01-2024
Gripping story of America's tumble into war in Vietnam
A superb and compelling analysis of the hubris, arrogance, and conviction of the key decision makers.
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-04-2018
If you are in to detailed political history - this is the book for you
Comprehensive analysis of the political barometer, atmosphere and climate of the USA in the 1960’s.
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- 15-04-2023
Excellent!
A riveting book - very thought provoking and insightful about the protagonists. Thank you Mark Bramhall for the brilliant performance!
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