The Best and the Brightest

The Best and the Brightest Now in its 20th anniversary edition, this 1973 classic is an unforgettable chronicle of John Kennedy's Camelot and its legacy--featuring remarkable portraits of the men who conceived and executed the Vietnam War, including Robert McNamara, McGeorge Bundy, Dean Rusk, and Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. Full description

• Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
• A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
• What it Takes: The Way to the White House
• The Fifties
• Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis
• The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency
• Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the storming of the presidency
• Fire and Fury
• The Pentagon Papers: The Secret History of the Vietnam War
• The Making of a Quagmire: America And Vietnam During The Kennedy Era