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The Children
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Another one of my favorite books is called uh it's like this no it's uh the best and the brightest David halberstam and specifically a reconstruction of the US decision to you know escalate into Vietnam.
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And so like those movements like when I I read David halberstrom's book The Children recently and and it was like these were just this is just a collection of relatively ordinary college students.
Ryan Holiday The Daily Stoic · Feb 2023 And I was reading lately, I've been reading David Halberstam's book, The Children, on the sit-in movement.
Thomas Chatterton Williams The Daily Stoic · Sep 2022 Where and when it comes up
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The Children by David Halberstam is a historical account that chronicles the young, ordinary college students who spearheaded the pivotal sit-in movement during the American civil rights struggle. Ryan Holiday discussed the book on The Daily Stoic, noting that he read it recently and was struck by how regular students rose to extraordinary heights during those historical social movements. Thomas Chatterton Williams also discussed reading Halberstam's work on the podcast, focusing on its detailed exploration of the sit-in movement and grassroots activism. Additionally, Emily Jashinsky referenced David Halberstam on Breaking Points while discussing another major work by the author, The Best and the Brightest, praising it as a master reconstruction of the United States government's escalation into the Vietnam War. This sentiment was echoed by Fareed Zakaria on StarTalk Radio, who discussed how political figures utilized Halberstam's insights to study the intellectual pretension, arrogance, and moral failures of smart advisors who entangled the nation in foreign conflicts. Across these various podcast references, the speakers underscored the enduring value of Halberstam's detailed historical reporting in illustrating both the triumphs of grassroots courage and the systemic hubris of political power.
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Emily Jashinsky another one of my favorite books is called uh it's like this no it's uh the best and the brightest David ha… 1
“another one of my favorite books is called uh it's like this no it's uh the best and the brightest David halberstam and specifically a reconstruction of the US decision to you know escalate into Vietnam”
Fareed Zakaria I was reading the New York Times um recently there was an article about Steve Bannon Donald Trump's Chief s… 1
“I was reading the New York Times um recently there was an article about Steve Bannon Donald Trump's Chief strategist who's having everybody read a book called the best and the brightest This is a book about how the smart Kennedy advisers uh got America into Vietnam and the the the moral of the book is meant to be or”
Jordan Peterson and you talked about uh the best and the brightest and and one of the criticisms that that book leveled aga… 1
“and you talked about uh the best and the brightest and and one of the criticisms that that book leveled against the meritocracy was precisely one of intellectual pretension and arrogance”
Ryan Holiday and so like those movements like when I I read David halberstrom's book The Children recently and and it wa… 1
“and so like those movements like when I I read David halberstrom's book The Children recently and and it was like these were just this is just a collection of relatively ordinary college students”
Thomas Chatterton Williams And I was reading lately, I've been reading David Halberstam's book, The Children, on the sit-in movement. 1
“And I was reading lately, I've been reading David Halberstam's book, The Children, on the sit-in movement.”
