Access to Cloud Library will end after January 26, 2024, and titles from this collection will move to OverDrive/Libby. Click here for more information.

The Riviera Beach Library is currently closed.

The Best and the Brightest

Book Cover
Average Rating
5 star
 
(1)
4 star
 
(0)
3 star
 
(0)
2 star
 
(0)
1 star
 
(0)
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Language:
English
Description
David Halberstam’s masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a new 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 As the definitive single-volume answer to that question, this enthralling book has never been superseded.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.
Praise for The Best and the Brightest
“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
“A fascinating tale of folly and self-deception . . . [An] absorbing, detailed, and devastatingly caustic tale of Washington in the days of the Caesars.”The Washington Post Book World
“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
Also in This Series
More Like This
More Details
Contributors:
ISBN:
9781588360984
9780525524892
Staff View

Grouping Information

Grouped Work IDa588248e-d057-02d9-bd78-2a7ddeb24cf9
Grouping Titlebest and the brightest
Grouping Authordavid halberstam
Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2023-12-10 04:29:21AM
Last Indexed2023-12-10 05:03:21AM

Solr Fields

accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Halberstam, David
author2-role
cloudLibrary
author_display
Halberstam, David
available_at_aacpl
Online OverDrive Collection
collection_aacpl
CLOUD LIBRARY
detailed_location_aacpl
Online
Online OverDrive Collection
display_description
David Halberstam’s masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a new 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.
Praise for The Best and the Brightest
“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
“A fascinating tale of folly and self-deception . . . [An] absorbing, detailed, and devastatingly caustic tale of Washington in the days of the Caesars.”The Washington Post Book World
“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
format_aacpl
eAudiobook
eBook
format_category_aacpl
Audio Books
eBook
id
a588248e-d057-02d9-bd78-2a7ddeb24cf9
isbn
9780525524892
9781588360984
itype_aacpl
Electronic Book
last_indexed
2023-12-10T10:03:21.069Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
local_callnumber_aacpl
CLOUD LIBRARY
Online OverDrive
owning_library_aacpl
Anne Arundel County Public Library Online
owning_location_aacpl
Online OverDrive Collection
primary_isbn
9781588360984
publishDate
2002
2017
publisher
Books on Tape
Random House Publishing Group
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
20th Century -- United States
Commentary & Opinion -- Political science
Electronic books
Vietnam War -- Military
title_display
The Best and the Brightest
title_full
The Best and the Brightest
The Best and the Brightest [eBook] Halberstam, David
title_short
The Best and the Brightest
topic_facet
20th Century
Commentary & Opinion
History
Nonfiction
Politics
Vietnam War

Solr Details Tables

item_details

Bib IdItem IdShelf LocCall NumFormatFormat CategoryNum CopiesIs Order ItemIs eContenteContent SourceeContent URLDetailed StatusLast CheckinLocation
overdrive:df8f0c45-9e44-40bb-886e-76ed27aa7fd91Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook1falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
overdrive:df8f0c45-9e44-40bb-886e-76ed27aa7fd9-1Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook4falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
external_econtent:ils:a14839731483973-1001OnlineCLOUD LIBRARYeBookeBook1falsetrueCLOUD LIBRARYhttps://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/AACPL-document_id-kaf89Available OnlineZ-ELIBRARY
overdrive:918069ca-8c46-4246-979a-e22023ec3eea1Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeAudiobookAudio Books1falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online

record_details

Bib IdFormatFormat CategoryEditionLanguagePublisherPublication DatePhysical DescriptionAbridged
overdrive:df8f0c45-9e44-40bb-886e-76ed27aa7fd9eBookeBookEnglishRandom House Publishing Group2002
external_econtent:ils:a1483973eBookeBookEnglishRandom House Publishing Group2002720 pages
overdrive:918069ca-8c46-4246-979a-e22023ec3eeaeAudiobookAudio BooksEnglishBooks on Tape2017

scoping_details_aacpl

Bib IdItem IdGrouped StatusStatusLocally OwnedAvailableHoldableBookableIn Library Use OnlyLibrary OwnedHoldable PTypesBookable PTypesLocal Url
overdrive:df8f0c45-9e44-40bb-886e-76ed27aa7fd91Available OnlineAvailable Onlinefalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue
overdrive:df8f0c45-9e44-40bb-886e-76ed27aa7fd9-1Available OnlineAvailable Onlinefalsetruetruefalsefalsefalse
external_econtent:ils:a14839731483973-1001Available OnlineAvailable Onlinefalsetruefalsefalsefalsetrue
overdrive:918069ca-8c46-4246-979a-e22023ec3eea1Available OnlineAvailable Onlinefalsetruetruefalsefalsetrue