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Putting aside Washington's growth, a handful of top-notch reporters like David Halberstam, author of The Powers That Be and Howard Bray, have burrowed throught back issues and the newsroom controversies in search of the paper's "secret." Bray's book is competent and comprehensive, but he seems satisfied to describe how the Post grew, rather than why it grew. He breezes over pivotal factors, ("As World War II sparked the rapid growth of Washington, the Post began making a little money.") in favor of boardroom trivia. The result, unfortunately, reads like a Harvard Business School Case Study with...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: The Power That Is | 4/19/1980 | See Source »

Ever since six Soviet divisions barreled into Afghanistan-and especially since the eruption of indigenous protests against the invasion-Western analysts have been tantalized by possible parallels to the U.S. involvement in Viet Nam. Says Viet Nam War Chronicler David Halberstam: "The So viets to learning the big Viet Nam lesson, that it's easier to go into those countries than it is to get out. They will find out, just as the U.S. did, how amazingly easy it is for a little country to swallow a military machine." Says a Pentagon officer with undisguised delight: "I think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Kabul Is Not Saigon | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

Ever since six Soviet divisions barreled into Afghanistan-and especially since the eruption of indigenous protests against the invasion-Western analysts have been tantalized by possible parallels to the U.S. involvement in Viet Nam. Says Viet Nam War Chronicler David Halberstam: "The Soviets are learning the big Viet Nam lesson, that it's easier to go into those countries than it is to get out. They will find out, just as the U.S. did, how amazingly easy it is for a little country to swallow a military machine." Says a Pentagon officer with undisguised delight: "I think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Kabul Is Not Saigon | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

...David L. Halberstam '55 once called New Hampshire the "land of journalist overkill," and few would disagree. For politicians, pundits and mere voters groping for some tangible indication of which would-be Wizard of Oz to follow down the yellow brick road to the White House, New Hampshire fills a psychological void. New Hampshire takes the vague preconceptions and sets them in bold type; where conflicting polls lose meaning, the neat, unchanging rows of figures give everyone something to latch on to as gospel. "The people have spoken, the fools...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: The Quadrennial Quest | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

This is good stuff, David Halberstam would say, And it is; interesting, enlightening, but at root trivial...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Justice on Parade | 1/3/1980 | See Source »

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