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THE NEXT CENTURY
Halberstam, David
1991 43405 As the century winds to a close, many observers are wondering whether the United States can remain competitive. Essentially this book is an analysis of America's declining world position and how its economic dominance has been eroded by more industrious and dynamic rivals. Halberstam, one of the foremost analysts of the contemporary scene, faces the facts squarely and, while his style is not alarmist, few U.S. readers will be comforted by this sobering account of the struggle for world economic supremacy. The author admits to surprise at the absence of an atmosphere of crisis in the United States. With the publication of this excellent study, that may soon change. Essential for most libraries. William Morrow & Co. 068810391X / 9780688103910
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WAR IN A TIME OF PEACE: BUSH, CLINTON, AND THE GENERALS
Halberstam, David
2001 5928 Bestselling historian David Halberstam offers a look at how George H. W. Bush and the man who replaced him as commander-in-chief, Bill Clinton, handled the various rocks and shoals of U.S. foreign policy during their terms in office. According to Halberstam, the most difficult task for presidents in the post-Cold War world has been handling the varying egos and personalities of U.S. generals like Colin Powell. FROM THE PUBLISHER Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Halberstam chronicles Washington politics and foreign policy in post Cold War America. Evoking the internal conflicts, unchecked egos, and power struggles within the White House, the State Department, and the military, Halberstam shows how the decisions of men who served in the Vietnam War, and those who did not, have shaped America's role in global events. He provides fascinating portraits of those in power -- Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Kissinger, James Baker, Dick Cheney, Madeleine Albright, and others -- to reveal a stunning view of modern political America. SYNOPSIS Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Halberstam chronicles Washington politics and foreign policy in post Cold War America. FROM THE CRITICS Book Magazine Bill Clinton, who wasn't particularly interested in foreign affairs and effortlessly persuaded the voters that it didn't matter, ended up spending much of his presidency grappling with three of the most intractable foreign-policy crises of the '90s: ethnic warfare in the Balkans, violent chaos in Africa and a bloody stalemate in the Middle East. As historical ironies go, that's a doozy. But Halberstam's book doesn't quite rise to the occasion, though it is full of interesting things (such as the acute observation that by cutting back on their foreign-news coverage in the '80s, the TV networks became "essentially isolationist, or neo-isolationist, both reflecting and at the same time increasing the nation's self-absorption"). That's part of the problem-it's too full. This is the sort of book that publicists call "epic," meaning that it wanders all over the place and trails off inconclusively at the end. As for the smoothly portentous drone of Halberstam's Pulitzer Prize-winning prose style, suffice it to say that the book would be a lot more readable if it contained fewer sentences like "Events, George Ball wrote in one of his dove papers on Vietnam just before the fateful commitment of American combat troops, quoting from Emerson, are in the saddle and ride mankind." Doesn't anybody edit manuscripts anymore? -Terry Teachout Publishers Weekly War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals by David Halberstam. The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian looks at events that have shaped contemporary politics and political leaders in Washington. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. Library Journal Halberstam, the former Vietnam War correspondent and redoubtable historian (The Best and the Brightest), assesses the lasting influence of the Indochina war on U.S. foreign policy. Popular lore has it that the Gulf War, a convincing triumph over a Third World despotism, banished the "Vietnam Syndrome," whose most obvious feature is an extreme reluctance to put American troops at risk for fear of alienating the public. Halberstam demolishes this fiction. Fascinating capsule biographies of Colin Powell, Bill Clinton, and other leaders establish beyond a doubt that the Indochina debacle was the formative event in their lives and continues to shape policy today. Indeed, post-Cold War operations such as the Kosovo campaign seem to have consummated the Vietnam Syndrome witness the spectacle of NATO warplanes delivering their munitions from 15,000 feet for fear of losing allied pilots. This sobering account of the factors that have misshapen U.S. military operations is an ideal companion to the recent memoir by Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO commander in Kosovo. Listed at Twenty Eight dollars. Scribner 0743202120 / 9780743202121
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