David Halberstam
1934-2007
1934-2007
What a terrible, terrible shame. We're getting over losing more than 30 kids in southern Virginia. Nine US soldiers died in Iraq today. But this is the one that hurts.
For people who really value good reporters, this is -- and I hate to keep using the word -- a horrible loss. But he was just a reporter's reporter, down to barely being on speaking terms with his New York-based bosses.
A lot of people will look at "The Best and the Brightest" as his best work, but I'd argue that the book was not too far from a recapitulation of his best reporting on Vietnam, and his best book (possibly the best piece of business journalism in the last half-century) was "The Reckoning."
He'll be missed.
For people who really value good reporters, this is -- and I hate to keep using the word -- a horrible loss. But he was just a reporter's reporter, down to barely being on speaking terms with his New York-based bosses.
A lot of people will look at "The Best and the Brightest" as his best work, but I'd argue that the book was not too far from a recapitulation of his best reporting on Vietnam, and his best book (possibly the best piece of business journalism in the last half-century) was "The Reckoning."
He'll be missed.
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