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There would be a very nice small book in it about another time and era in America, a kind of sweetness and friendship,David Halberstam
I read that piece and thought, 'I'm getting out of here,' ... I'm getting out of daily journalism because this is a level way above what I and everybody I know has been doing, and I want to try to do something like this. It's a very influential piece.
David Halberstam
It was the first time in American history a war had been declared over by an anchorman.
David Halberstam
I think they were watching the movie 'Patton' when they should have been watching 'The Battle of Algiers' about urban insurgency. I'm a Vietnam-era journalist. I think most journalists were appalled as we moved toward war in Iraq. The worst mistake this administration made was not about weapons of mass destruction. It was the administration's view that we'd be welcomed as the great liberator.
David Halberstam
I think what we tried to do is get a reflection of all the forces that are at play, of the best writing. In the end, we ended up with something that was a pretty good reflection of the changes in society as well.
David Halberstam
I have no doubt he would have been a huge success no matter what he put his mind to,
David Halberstam
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