David Halberstam

David Halberstam is one of America’s most distinguished
journalists and historians. After graduating from Harvard
in 1955, he covered the beginnings of the Civil Rights
movement, then was sent overseas by the New York
Times to report on the war in Vietnam. He won the
Pulitzer prize for his Vietnam reporting at the age of 30.
His last fourteen books (which include The Best and the
Brightest and Hyperion’s Firehouse and
Teammates) have all been New York Times
bestsellers.

David Halberstam passed away April 23, 2007