''The Reckoning'' is a non-fiction book written by
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 ...
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
''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 Pr ...
'' and ''
The Powers That Be
In idiomatic English, "the powers that be" (sometimes initialized as TPTB) is a phrase used to refer to those individuals or groups who collectively hold authority over a particular domain. Within this phrase, the word ''be'' is an archaic vari ...
'', and has been described as "a parallel history and study of the American and Japanese automobile industries, using
Nissan
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and
Ford Motors
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as examples".
References
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External links
Interview with Halberstam on ''The Reckoning'', October 1, 1987 C-SPAN
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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 Detroit
William Morrow and Company books
Japan–United States relations
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