![]() ![]() ![]() He was more of a martinet than McNamara, more of a bully than Johnson, a more mesmerizing speaker than Kennedy. Prima Donna, Brass Hat, Five Star MacArthur.”Īnyone who doubts that great events pivot on quirks of personality has only to compare Douglas MacArthur with the cast of The Best and the Brightest. His protagonist is a real-live villain-one of the most bizarre and colorful figures in recent American history, the general whom Harry Truman once peevishly referred to as “Mr. ![]() This time, Halberstam (who died in a car crash last spring) has a more exciting story to tell than one about mere national security groupthink. The reader who remembers Halberstam’s earlier polemic might expect The Coldest Winter to be a renewed attack on the American establishment, an account of how big ideas like “containment” got us into pointless losing wars almost from the start. ![]()
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