The Best and the Brightest (20th Anniversary Edition)

688 pp. 20th anniversary edition with new introduction by the author. Halberstam's bestselling treatment of the Vietnam generation, examining the political and social situation at the time. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: David Halberstam (April 10, 1934 – April 23, 2007) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author known for his early work on the Vietnam War, his work on politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, and his later sports journalism.