The Best and the Brightest
by David Halberstam
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Scotia, New York, United States
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About This Item
1972 Random House first edition.
Condition of the book and dust jacket is Near Fine, with no significant condition issues. An exceptional copy. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.
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Synopsis
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 As the definitive single-volume answer to that question, this enthralling book has never been superseded.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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harpo Speaks Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2842
- Title
- The Best and the Brightest
- Author
- David Halberstam
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Date Published
- 1972
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non Fiction: Modern;
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