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Description edit
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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Bill Clinton: Add a description of this character.
- Milosevic
- Dick Holbrooke
- Wes Clark
- Colin Powell
- Tony Lake
- Warren Christopher
- George Bush
- Larry Eagleburger
- Shalikashvili
- Ronald Reagan
- Sandy Berger
- Carter
- Cohen
- Aspin
- Gutman
- Gore
- Henry Kissinger
- Madeleine Albright
- Bentsen
- Johnson
- Mladic
- Tudjman
- Galbraith
- James Baker
- Scowcroft
- Cheney
- Chirac
- Gorbachev
- Talbott
- Aristide
- Cedras
- Schwarzkopf
- Reimer
- Shelton
- Stephanopoulos
- Morris
Setting & Locations edit
- Bosnia
- Washington
- White House
- Vietnam
- Yugoslavia
- Kosovo
- Balkans
- America
- United States
- Eastern Europe
- Somalia
- Belgrade
- Srebrenica
- Dayton
- Croatia
- Haiti
- New York
- Germany
- Sarajevo
- Arkansas
- Russia
- Moscow
- Rwanda
- Serbia
- Texas
- Soviet Union
- West Point
- Brussels
- Mogadishu
- Iraq
- Bihac
- Slovenia
- Krajina
- France
- Paris
- Wall Street
- Jordan
- London
- Dubrovnik
- Zagreb
- Vukovar
- Hungary
- Berlin Wall
- Iran
- Poland
- China
- California
- Japan
First Sentence edit
For a brief, glorious, almost Olympian moment it appeared that the presidency itself could serve as the campaign.
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Halberstam (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Scribner
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0743202120
Page Count: 544
Publisher: Scribner
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0743202120
Page Count: 544
Awards edit
- Pulitzer Prize (Finalist, 2002: General Non-fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 327.73
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Current Events › War & Peace
- Books › History › Military › United States
- Books › History › Asia › Vietnam
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