David Halberstam - War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals

Pros: Typical Halberstam research and insight, timely subject.

Cons: Well, not exactly light reading.

The Bottom Line: This book, especially under our current circumstances, deserves to be the best-selling book in America.

Review: At one point in "War in a Time of Peace," David Halberstam mentions that America's Vietnam experience changed everything it touched. I think that can be applied to Halberstam himself. His work as a young reporter in Vietnam made his reputation, and his...

Pros: Loads of interesting information.

Cons: Not exactly a quick, light read.

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Review: Depending on how one views American foreign policy in the 1990s, it was either a decade of large failures and small triumphs or an unmitigated disaster. According to David Halberstam, it was more of the former. Halberstam, a veteran New York Times repo ...

Pros: great detail, personal approach

Cons: a little sporadic with time, no continuity

The Bottom Line: His books may be long, but for those interested in politics, foreign policy, or anything that we lived through, Halberstam is the first place I would consult.

Review: War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals is a great piece of literature written by an award-winning author. David Halberstam, best known for his novel The Best and the Brightest, a chilling account of the Vietnam War,...