The Best and the Brightest

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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.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 As the definitive single-volume answer to that question, this enthralling book has never been superseded.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.From the Hardcover edition.

subjects: Politics and government,  Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975,  History,  Nonfiction,  Vietnam War, 1961-1975,  Vietnamkrieg,  Aufsatzsammlung,  Politik,  Geschichte (1961-1971),  Geschichte (1950-1971),  Vietnam War (1961-1975) fast (OCoLC)fst01431664,  Vietnam war, 1961-1975, united states,  United states, politics and government, 1961-1963,  United states, politics and government, 1963-1969

Places: United States

Times: 1961-1963,  1963-1969