Author

Books by David Halberstam

David Halberstam (1934–2007) was an American journalist and author. He reported for The New York Times from Vietnam in the early 1960s, where his dispatches challenged official optimism and contributed to public skepticism about the war. He won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1964. His books include The Making of a Quagmire, The Powers That Be, The Reckoning, Summer of '49, and Playing for Keeps. He covered wars, politics, business, and sports across a career spanning five decades. He died in a car accident in 2007.