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October 1964 is halberstam s exciting new book about baseball this time about the last season of that yankee dynasty. The johnson white house tapes, robert dallek flawed giant, doris kearns goodwin lyndon johnson and the american dream and haynes johnson the system. A rich, entertaining, and profound reading experience. Halberstam graduated from harvard university with a degree in journalism in 1955 and started his career writing for the he was awarded a pulitzer prize for international reporting in 1964. Anybody who wants to get in politics or to know about power and know about, not just military action, but how men react in situations, has to read plutarchs lives bannon says in kofflers book. It is all right to call it a southern novel, despite its being a yankeeeye view of the deep south, because david halberstam writes with comprehension if not with love. It was published in 1989 and is called time to kill. Through a study of two companies ford and nissan the author reveals a society that got rich too quickly for its own good, falling prey to the japanese. A book of deep insight and importance, october 1964 is also, like halberstam s previous baseball work, a great read. Henry ford, industrial might, ww2, unions, oil, oil embargoes, detroit, japan, korea, junk bonds, leveraged buy outs, protectionism, and so on. Famous for fan favorites like deepdish sicilian pizza and breadsticks with spicy cheese dip, the entire menu, including beer and wine, will. Another sparkling slab of history as high drama from powerhouse journalist the best and the brightest, the powers that be halberstam.
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