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The Reckoning (Halberstam Book)
''The Reckoning'' is a non-fiction book written by David Halberstam and published in 1986. He spent five years researching and writing it. It is the third and final book of his trilogy study of the forces of power in America, after ''The Best and the Brightest'' and ''The Powers That Be'', and has been described as "a parallel history and study of the American and Japanese automobile industries, using Nissan and Ford Motors as examples". References Further reading * * External linksInterview with Halberstam on ''The Reckoning'', October 1, 1987 C-SPAN Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN ) is an American cable and satellite television network that was created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service. It televises many proceedings of the United States ... online copy of book--free to borrow 1986 non-fiction books Books by David Halberstam Nissan Ford Motor Company Books about multinational companies Books about Detro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Halberstam
David Halberstam (April 10, 1934 April 23, 2007) was an American writer, journalist, and historian, known for his work on the Vietnam War, politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, Korean War, and later, sports journalism. He won a Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1964. Halberstam was killed in a car crash in 2007, while doing research for a book. Early life and education Halberstam was born in New York City, the son of Blanche (Levy) and Charles A. Halberstam, schoolteacher and Army surgeon. His family was Jewish. He was raised in Winsted, Connecticut, where he was a classmate of Ralph Nader. He moved to Yonkers, New York, and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1951. In 1955 he graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. degree after serving as managing editor of ''The Harvard Crimson''. Halberstam had a rebellious streak and as editor of the ''Harvard Crimson'' engaged in a competition to see which columnist could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Morrow And Company
William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981, and sold to News Corporation News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp.), also variously known as News Corporation Limited, was an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Ne ... (now News Corp) in 1999. The company is now an imprint of HarperCollins. William Morrow has published many fiction and non-fiction authors, including Ray Bradbury, Michael Chabon, Beverly Cleary, Neil Gaiman, Erle Stanley Gardner, B. H. Liddell Hart, Elmore Leonard, Steven D. Levitt, Steven Pinker, Judith Rossner, and Neal Stephenson. Francis Thayer Hobson was president and later chairman of the board of William Morrow and Company. Morrow authors * Christopher Andersen * Harriet Brown * Karin Slaughter * Harry Browne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best And The Brightest
''The Best and the Brightest'' (1972) is an account by journalist David Halberstam of the origins of the Vietnam War published by Random House. The focus of the book is on the foreign policy crafted by academics and intellectuals who were in President John F. Kennedy's administration, and the consequences of those policies in Vietnam. The title referred to Kennedy's "whiz kids"—leaders of industry and academia brought into the administration—whom Halberstam characterized as insisting on "brilliant policies that defied common sense" in Vietnam, often against the advice of career U.S. Department of State employees. Summary Halberstam's book offers details on how decisions were made in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations that led to the war, focusing on the period from 1960 to 1965 but also covering earlier and later years up until publication. Factors examined: *The Democratic Party was haunted by claims that it had "lost" China to the Communists, and it did not want to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Powers That Be (book)
''The Powers That Be'' is a 1979 book by David Halberstam about the American media. It focuses on: *CBS *''The New York Times'' *''The Los Angeles Times'' *''The Washington Post'' *''Time (magazine), Time'' Critical reception ''The Globe and Mail'' wrote: "The trouble is that the Halberstam of Vietnam, and of ''The Best and the Brightest'', has become David Halberstam: institution, and like others who take themselves too seriously, his prose suffers." References External links * 1979 non-fiction books Alfred A. Knopf books Books about the Watergate scandal Books about the media Books about journalism Books by David Halberstam {{US-hist-book-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
