false 2043479 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1192507992m/2043479.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1192507992s/2043479.jpg "[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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
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"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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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"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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
]]> 1972 5 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 09:53:29 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 17 09:08:34 -0800 2009
I have read this book and three other histories (Fitzgerald, Sheehan and Mann) over the last month, and the story is remarkably consistent: the unshakable, implacable arrogance and ...more...]]> 38845248 1070802 414062 0449908704 9780449908709 77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245m/414062.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245s/414062.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414062.The_Best_and_the_Brightest 4.29 514 "[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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
]]> 1972 4 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Nov 28 20:46:14 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 20:48:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 45772247 1029185 414062 0449908704 9780449908709 77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245m/414062.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245s/414062.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414062.The_Best_and_the_Brightest 4.29 514 "[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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
]]> 1972 3 0 false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 08 16:52:48 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 16 06:21:15 -0700 2009
In Short: Policymakers “deluded themselves into thinking they could achieve their goals in Vietnam by ignoring, suppressing, or dismissing the information that might have suggested otherwise” In short, they were so committed to their ideals, t...more...]]> 56664563 1991311 414062 0449908704 9780449908709 77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245m/414062.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245s/414062.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414062.The_Best_and_the_Brightest 4.29 514 "[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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
]]> 1972 5 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Tue May 19 15:39:30 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 15:43:28 -0700 2009
After some conversation he mentions to the monk that he feels they've made p...more...]]> 56205759 1854104 414062 0449908704 9780449908709 77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245m/414062.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245s/414062.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414062.The_Best_and_the_Brightest 4.29 514 "[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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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"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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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"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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
]]> 1972 5 1 false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Oct 03 16:08:36 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 14:48:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 47280826 126943 414062 0449908704 9780449908709 77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245m/414062.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245s/414062.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414062.The_Best_and_the_Brightest 4.29 514 "[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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
]]> 1972 4 0 false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 23 12:44:39 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 25 14:25:56 -0700 2009
Each pertinent member of the Kennedy / Johnson administration is given a lengthy psychoanalysis, so at the end of the book, there are few heroes and...more...]]> 21174285 354370 414062 0449908704 9780449908709 77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245m/414062.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245s/414062.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414062.The_Best_and_the_Brightest 4.29 514 "[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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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"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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]> 1972 4 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 22:45:14 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 22:47:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 78842570 2976910 414062 0449908704 9780449908709 77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245m/414062.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245s/414062.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414062.The_Best_and_the_Brightest 4.29 514 "[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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
]]> 1972 5 0 false Tue Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 07:53:37 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 25 15:01:56 -0800 2009
I'll certainly never have the same view of JFK again.

The condescension our elites showed to Dr. King when he began to criticize the war speaks volumes.

This is a page-turner...more...]]> 49314688 1929498 414062 0449908704 9780449908709 77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245m/414062.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245s/414062.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414062.The_Best_and_the_Brightest 4.29 514 "[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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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"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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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"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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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"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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
]]> 1972 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sun Apr 05 05:41:46 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 05:42:42 -0700 2009 2156772 140768 414062 0449908704 9780449908709 77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245m/414062.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245s/414062.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414062.The_Best_and_the_Brightest 4.29 514 "[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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
]]> 1972 4 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 07:11:24 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 10:06:14 -0700 2007
I hadn't realized the extent to which this was a classic "scope-creep" where seemingly small changes in poli...more...]]> 50078663 2151399 414062 0449908704 9780449908709 77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245m/414062.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174526245s/414062.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/414062.The_Best_and_the_Brightest 4.29 514 "[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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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"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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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"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
"Most impressive, superb -- perceptive, literary, multidimensional." -- The New York Times Book Review
"A story which every American should read." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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