Author: David Halberstam
Narrator: David Halberstam
Abridged: 5 hr 47 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Published: 09/01/2001
In this long awaited successor to his #1 national bestseller The Best and the Brightest, David Halberstam describes in fascinating human detail how the shadow of Cold War Vietnam still hangs over American foreign policy, and how domestic politics have determined our role as a world power. Halberstam brilliantly evokes the internecine conflicts, the untrammeled egos, and the struggles for dominance among the key figures in the White House, the State department, and the military. He shows how the Vietnam war has shaped American politics and policy makers. Perhaps most notable is what happened under Clinton when, for the first time in fifty years, a president placed domestic issues over foreign policy. With his uncanny ability to find the real story behind the headlines, Halberstam shows how current events in the Balkans and Somalia act as a fascinating mirror to American politics and foreign policy Sweeping in scope and impressive in its depth, War in a Time of Peace provides fascinating portraits of Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Kissinger, James Baker, Dick Cheney, Madeleine Albright, and others to reveal a stunning view of modern political America.
The primary mission of military intelligence in the United States Army is to provide timely, relevant, accurate, and synchronized intelligence and electronic warfare support to tactical, operational and strategic-level commanders. The Army’s i...
"The Strenuous Life" is a speech by American President Theodore Roosevelt in which he argues that strenuous effort and overcoming hardship were ideals to be embraced by Americans for the betterment of the nation.
Union and Confederate veterans meet at Gettysburg on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle. This reunion drew over fifty-five thousand official attendees who descended upon a town of four thousand during the summer of 1913 with the promise of li...
If you want to discover the captivating history of the War of 1812, then pay attention...Among all of the conflicts that took place in American history, the War of 1812 is one of the most unique wars that helped to shape many of the important Americ...
In a straightforward manor; author David Manderbach addresses the inaccuracies of the understood narrative of the Civil War and America's relation to slavery.; which is the foundation of the assault on Southern Heritage and American Patriotism. The ...
As the story opens, young Alexander Hamilton marches with the Continentals at Fort Lee, New Jersey. He is frustrated by being relegated to the end of the line and missing out on the action. He desperately wants to make a name for himself. His fortun...
With the United States’ entry into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the first peacetime civilian intelligence agency in 1941–the Office of the Coordinator of Information. This office was designed to organize the acti...
Americans generally show great respect for their troops, and rightfully so. But what is the history of the US Armed Forces? How did the American military come about? The answers to these questions might not be quite as straightforward as you might t...
Discover the captivating history of the first American wars in Africa!In this audiobook, you’ll learn about the Barbary Wars of 1801 to 1805 and 1815, the first American wars outside of North America. The enemies were the Muslim Barbary pirate...