tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27601672.post1384874068385101556..comments2024-02-16T18:07:05.844-05:00Comments on ZONE: David Halberstamcowboyangelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13452987299073540171noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27601672.post-75514255220748588742007-04-27T18:27:00.000-04:002007-04-27T18:27:00.000-04:00Actually, no. I got about halfway through The Bes...Actually, no. I got about halfway through <I>The Best and the Brightest</I> (long book), gave strong skims to <I>The Fifties</I> and his book about Belichik, but I've seen lots of his articles about Viet Nam and other topics, and have seen him many times on television. <BR/><BR/>Aslo read a lot <I>about</I> him from the likes of Neil Sheehan and Peter Arnett.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754406706300818849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27601672.post-39684028872529061652007-04-25T22:17:00.000-04:002007-04-25T22:17:00.000-04:00Jeff,Have you read anny of Halberstam's books? I'...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>Have you read anny of Halberstam's books? I'd be curious to hear what you thought.cowboyangelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13452987299073540171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27601672.post-75025795108851801702007-04-25T16:08:00.000-04:002007-04-25T16:08:00.000-04:00Crystal, If you're interested in history and polit...Crystal, <BR/><BR/>If you're interested in history and politics andwhat happened in Vietnam, it's well worth reading.<BR/><BR/>he also has a famous book on the media called The Powers That Be. I may try reading that one.cowboyangelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13452987299073540171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27601672.post-3886057407080548402007-04-25T14:39:00.000-04:002007-04-25T14:39:00.000-04:00I hadn't heard of him - I'll have to look for his ...I hadn't heard of him - I'll have to look for his book.crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681674503952991492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27601672.post-91917589811632983522007-04-24T17:25:00.000-04:002007-04-24T17:25:00.000-04:00Amen, William! I just posted about Halberstam too...Amen, William! I just posted about Halberstam too. The photo you put up is my favorite picture of him, and it seems to sum him up perfectly. It seems so terribly unjust that he should go out in a car accident in his twilight years after having survived all of that.<BR/><BR/>How we miss the kind of journalist he was in his prime. As we look at Iraq today it saddens me that we didn't learn the lessons about hubris that Halberstam spent so much time trying to teach us. It is now crystal clear that we knew very little about how things actually worked in that country, and this was a failure not only on the part of the administration and congress, but on the journalistic community as a whole. We must also bear responsibility in the public for our inattention.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754406706300818849noreply@blogger.com