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David Halberstam discusses his book "The Best and the Brightest"

BROADCAST: Nov. 17, 1972 | DURATION: 00:54:53

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Synopsis

Members of John F. Kennedy's administration are featured in David Halberstam's book, "The Best and the Brightest". Halberstam points out the title of his book is actually irony because the men were not the best or the brightest but rather as a result of their bad decisions, America got tangled up in the Vietnam War.