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David halberstam, a pulitzer prizewinning journalist, has chronicled the social, political, and athletic life of america in such bestselling books as the fifties, the best and the brightest, and the amateurs. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age. The pulitzer prizewinning author of the best and the brightest, the powers that be, and the reckoning has created his masterpiecea stunning, panoramic view of a pivotal and popular. Pulitzer prizewinning journalist halberstam the fifties, 1993, etc. Stories so fraught with hatred and hope, violence and suffering, fear and courage, that one reads the book gripping it with both hands, almost afraid to turn the page. Rather than using a straightforward linear narrative, halberstam separately profiles many of the notable trends and people of the postworld war ii era, starting with harry s. This decade includes an eclectic mix of people and events. The fifties by david halberstam and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The fifties by david halberstam incredibly interesting. It is the decade of joe mccarthy and the young martin luther king, the korean war and levittown, jack kerouac and elvis presley.
The fifties commences with americas anxious response to entering the atomic age. Eisenhower dulles, oppenheimer, macarthur, hoover, and nixon, but also of harley earl. The fifties was a decade of change and tension in the world. Rather than using a straightforward linear narrative, halberstam separately profiles many of the notable trends and people of the post world war ii era, starting with harry s. The abridged version of this work shrinks the 800 page book to 157 pages less than 20% of the original.
Trumans stunning presidential victory in 1948 against thomas e. Halberstam, author of the best and the brightest, discussed the research behind his latest book, the fifties, published by fawcett books. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the fifties. A meditation on the staggering influence of image and rhetoric, the fifties is vintage halberstam, who was hailed by the denver post as a lively, graceful writer who makes you. Joe mccarthy, the young martin luther king, the korean war and levittown, jack kerouac and elvis presley. Like everything david halberstam wrote, the fifties is imminently readable and informative. Halberstam offers no explicit themes or theses, but if there is an overarching implicit theme, it is the fifties not as a. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while. Halberstam writes of the decade in a clear, fastmoving prose, and despite the books enormous bulk, is actually a remarkably fast read. The fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural hi.
David halberstams amazing 1993 book the fifties was written to be a comprehensive documentnot of a single decade, but of an american epoch that began with the atomic bomb. Hardcover book by david halberstan published by villard books in 1993. David halberstams most popular book is the breaks of the game. Truman s stunning presidential victory in 1948 against thomas e. David halberstam was one of americas most distinguished journalists and historians, a man whose newspaper reporting and books helped define the era we live in. The book is not about the decade on a global scale, but merely the fifties in america. David halberstam history hardcover, 2nd printing isbn 0679415599 illustrated very good condition very good dustjacket no charge for shipping in the usa, books ship within two. David halberstam book tour books the new york times.
The children is utterly absorbing and contains some of the most moving passages halberstam has ever written. The fifties by david halberstam is a historical exploration of the 1950s, a decade full of change and promise while being overshadowed by the threat of the cold war. American journalist and author david halberstam born 1934 was awarded the pulitzer prize in 1964 for his international reporting of the vietnam war. The fifties 1993 is a history book by david halberstam centered on the decade of the 1950s in the united states. The fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today.
The united states continued to grow stronger as a world power. Rather than using a straightforward linear narrative, halberstam separately. The fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic. The pulitzer prizewinning author of the best and the brightest, the powers that be, and the reckoning has created his masterpiecea stunning, panoramic view of a pivotal and popular american decade.
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