The Best and the Brightest cover art

The Best and the Brightest

Preview

Free with 30-day trial
Prime logo New to Audible Prime Member exclusive:
2 credits with free trial
1 credit a month to use on any title to download and keep
Listen to anything from the Plus Catalogue—thousands of Audible Originals, podcasts and audiobooks
Download titles to your library and listen offline
₹199 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

The Best and the Brightest

Written by: David Halberstam
Narrated by: David Clennon
Free with 30-day trial

₹199 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for ₹452.00

Buy Now for ₹452.00

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

David Halberstam’s masterpiece, the defining history of the making of the Vietnam tragedy, with a foreword by Senator John McCain.

"A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience.” (The New York Times)

Using portraits of America’s flawed policy makers and accounts of the forces that drove them, The Best and the Brightest reckons magnificently with the most important abiding question of our country’s recent history: Why did America become mired in Vietnam, and why did we lose? As the definitive single-volume answer to that question, this enthralling book has never been superseded. It is an American classic. 

Please note: This is the abridged edition. An unabridged audiobook is also available.

©1973 David Halberstam (P)2007 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.
Anthropology Politics & Government Popular Culture United States Wars & Conflicts

Critic Reviews

“A fascinating tale of folly and self-deception... [An] absorbing, detailed, and devastatingly caustic tale of Washington in the days of the Caesars.” (The Washington Post Book World

“Seductively readable... It is a staggeringly ambitious undertaking that is fully matched by Halberstam’s performance....This is in all ways an admirable and necessary book.” (Newsweek)

“A story every American should read.” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

What listeners say about The Best and the Brightest

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.