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Best and the Brightest

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Best and the Brightest

by David Halberstam

About this title: A mammoth study of the Kennedy intellectuals--Bundy, McNamara, et. al.--and their role in policy-making during the Vietnam War. These "best and brightest" came from the finest schools, and had backgrounds in government and power, yet the flaws and ultimate failure of their leadership changed America and brought darkness to Camelot.

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goodreads rating 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
Jul 28, 2009
By Jack, The United States

"Great book on how we got into Vietnam and JFK's election and how he chose his team...it is a long read...I really enjoyed it, but I am enamored with JFK."

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goodreads rating 4 out of 5 4 out of 5
Jun 16, 2009
By JRB, The United States

"One of the things that strikes me most about this book is how Halberstam rarely questions intentions. He writes off people going against their better judgment as careerism and the 'how it's done' of Washington. You don't come away from The Best and The Brightest thinking these men DID wrong... just that they WERE wrong."

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goodreads rating 5 out of 5 5 out of 5
May 19, 2009
By John, The United States

"Spoiler: My favorite passage is a scene in which a presidential avisor, dispatched to Vietnam meets with a buddhist monk, and endeavors to work with him to resolve the problem of the monks immolating themselves.

After some conversation he mentions to the monk that he feels they've made progress, and that they're working on parallel tracks. Realizing that the idiom might not translate well, he asks the monk whether he was acquainted with the idea. The Monk agrees and replies that oh, yes. Parallel tracks: It means their minds can *never* meet...."

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goodreads rating 3 out of 5 3 out of 5
May 15, 2009
By Abby, Wassaic, NY

"Can't remember why I wanted to read this; I might have confused it with A Bright, Shining Lie--two books about Vietnam that have Bright in the title. It's 678 small-print pages; I thought I'd be reading it for months, yet it's compelling. It's largely character driven, and if you're not familiar with the characters, you'll be at something of a loss. I also sensed a smugness on the part of the author that put me off some. The tone is a little odd, yet I could never figure out why I thought that. . . . Halberstam follows our involvement in Vietnam with almost flowchart detail, and at each branching of the chart, he shows why the path that was chosen was the wrong path. You read it and think, Haven't our leaders read this book? Why are we/they condemned to make the same mistakes over and over? . . . It bogged down more than halfway through. But I finished it! Robert McNamara comes off as unconscionably self-involved. I don't want to be so trite as to call him evil, but he sure was close. Bobby Kennedy was a saint. Lyndon Johnson is portrayed as a train wreck. As insecure as he was tall and in far, far over his head. Halberstam has nary a good word to say about him. So many, many other characters, and I had trouble keeping them all straight."

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