Fantastic assesment of Halberstam's Vietnam reporting in Neil Sheehan's <i>A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam</i>. Along with Fitzgerald's <i>Fire in the Lake</i>, Halbertstam's own <i>The Best and the Brightest</i> and Karnow's <i>Vietnam</i>*, one of the best American involvement in Vietnam books (imho).
Also, it's really wild to compare Halberstam's position in Vietnam and his relationship with John Paul Vann with current Iraqi/Afganistani reporting.
*In all fairness, I've never read <i>Making of a Quagmire</i>, though I've always meant to.
Also, it's really wild to compare Halberstam's position in Vietnam and his relationship with John Paul Vann with current Iraqi/Afganistani reporting.
*In all fairness, I've never read <i>Making of a Quagmire</i>, though I've always meant to.