# The Best and the Brightest

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- Book: [The Best and the Brightest](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-halberstam/the-best-and-the-brightest) ([The Best and the Brightest.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-halberstam/the-best-and-the-brightest.md))
- Authors: [David Halberstam](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-halberstam)
- Publisher: Ballantine Books
- ISBN: 978-04-4990-870-9
- Pages: 720
- Published: 1993-10-26
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

David Halberstam’s masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy " A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience.”—The New York Times Using portraits...