David Halberstam Bücher

Ein historischer Überblick über die Automobilindustrie in den Vereinigten Staaten und Japan sowie den allmählichen Rückgang der US-Produktion. Nach Generationen der Herstellung hochwertiger Automobilprodukte begannen amerikanische Industrielle, in den Jahrzehnten nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg gegenüber der japanischen Automobilindustrie an Boden zu verlieren. David Halberstam verfolgt diesen Machtwechsel mit seiner charakteristischen Präzision und fesselnden Erzählweise, indem er in die Vorstandsetagen und auf die Fabrikböden von Ford Motor Company in Amerika und Nissan in Japan eintaucht. Die beiden Unternehmen unterscheiden sich in jeder Hinsicht – von ihren Reaktionen auf Arbeitsprobleme bis hin zu ihren Philosophien und Führungsstilen – und stehen als einzigartige Zeugnisse für die Herausforderungen, die der Aufstieg der globalen Wirtschaft mit sich brachte. Angereichert mit faszinierenden Anekdoten über Henry Ford, Lee Iacocca und andere visionäre Industrielle bleibt Die Abrechnung eine kraftvolle und aufschlussreiche Geschichte über die Fertigung im modernen Zeitalter und darüber, wie Amerika bedauerlicherweise zurückfiel.

David Halberstams Meisterwerk bietet eine tiefgreifende Untersuchung von Amerikas Engagement im Vietnamkrieg. Durch lebendige Porträts fehlerhafter Entscheidungsträger und der Kräfte, die ihre Entscheidungen prägten, wird die zentrale Frage behandelt, warum die USA in Vietnam verwickelt wurden und letztendlich eine Niederlage erlitten. Als umfassende Darstellung bleibt es ein amerikanischer Klassiker, der seinesgleichen sucht. Kritiker loben es als die umfassendste Erzählung über das amerikanische Vietnam-Engagement und vergleichen es mit einer epischen Geschichte des amerikanischen Imperiums und dem Streben der Nation nach ihrer idealistischen Identität. Es wird als fesselnde Geschichte von Torheit und Selbsttäuschung beschrieben, die das politische Klima der damaligen Zeit mit scharfsinnigem Blick darstellt. Die emotionale Tiefe des Werkes fängt die überwältigenden Ereignisse eines fernen Krieges ein, der von Illusionen, Mythen und den Komplexitäten der menschlichen Natur geprägt ist. Halberstams außergewöhnliche Ausführung und der ambitionierte Umfang machen es zu einer notwendigen Lektüre.

"Defining America" wurde von Pulitzerpreisträger David Halberstam zusammengestellt, der führende amerikanische Intellektuelle um einen Beitrag zum Charakter der Nation gebeten hat. "Defining America" rückt unterschiedliche Kapitel aus Amerikas Geschichte ins Licht. Die "GI Bill of Rights" von 1944 bot Kriegsheimkehrern aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg die Möglichkeit, das College zu besuchen. Schon der "Morrill Act" von 1862 bestimmte, die Mittel aus dem Verkauf von bundeseigenem Grundbesitz für die Einrichtungen von Colleges zu verwenden. Ziel war eine praktisch orientierte Hochschulbildung für die ganze Gesellschaft.

Tells the story of eight young people who, inspired by workshops on nonviolence, decided to become involved in the fight against segregation during the 1960s, beginning with staged sit-ins at Nashville lunch counters, and progressing to ever more dangerous actions on behalf of the civil rights movements.

The most arresting photographic images in our history-all the way up to the World Trade Center tragedy and the 2002 war in Afghanistan-come to life in this complete compilation of Pulitzer Prize-winning news and feature photos, along with the stories behind them

Up until now, the Korean War has been the black-hole of modern American history. This book changes that, giving readers a masterful narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations on both sides. It tells the individual stories of the soldiers on the front, who were left to deal with the consequences of such judgements.

Snare drum backbeat plus electric guitar: the simple formula that launched the rock star, and contemporary teen culture along with it. Today, rock 'n' roll seems to define postwar American culture, especially in its impact abroad. Though its inception is often imagined as sudden and seismic, it was, of course, a gradual and complex transition from boogie-woogie to the stardom of Elvis Presley and Bill Haley. A thorough survey of rock 'n' roll's bloodline would even reach back as far as 1939, a time when the electric guitar's role was mostly played by piano or saxophone. "Rock 'n' Roll 39-59" does this, with the assistance of some of the genre's finest photographers. Bruce Davidson, Wayne Miller, Robert W. Kelley, Esther Bubley, Eve Arnold and Ernest C. Withers are all here, amid a wealth of visual props, including priceless period posters, records, rare souvenirs, photographs and film stills, and indices of the movement's key venues, events, artists, producers and people. This book describes a lively mess of genres, from boogie-woogie to blues, gospel, big band jazz, country and, most of all, rhythm and blues--interbreeding against a backdrop of colossal social change, and culminating in the rock 'n' roll explosion of the mid-1950s.

Highlighting the finest sports journalism of the twentieth century, this collection features renowned writers such as A. J. Liebling, Hunter S. Thompson, and Frank Deford. It includes iconic pieces like Richard Ben Cramer's "What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?" and Bob Considine's "Louis Knocks Out Schmeling," capturing significant moments in various sports including baseball and boxing. Edited by David Halberstam, this anthology not only showcases remarkable sports writing but also reflects the cultural significance of sports throughout the century.

The Breaks of the Game focuses on one grim season (1979–80) in the life of the Bill Walton–led Portland Trail Blazers, a team that only three years before had been NBA champions. As Halberstam follows this collection of men through the months, through the losing streaks and occasional victories, the endless trips and the brutal schedules, we come to know them and their world--the other players, coaches, and owners; the competition, drafts, trades, and traditions; the wives, the fans, the media connections--a world of grand dreams, impossible expectations, and bracing realities. The tactile authenticity of Halberstam's knowledge of the basketball world is unrivaled. Yet he is writing here about far more than just basketball. This is a story about a place in our society where power, money, and talent collide and sometimes corrupt, a place where both national obsessions and naked greed are exposed. It's about the influence of big media, the fans and the hype they subsist on, the clash of ethics, the terrible physical demands of modern sports (from drugs to body size), the unreal salaries, the conflicts of race and class, and the consequences of sport converted into mass entertainment and athletes transformed into superstars--all presented in a way that puts the reader in the room and on the court, and The Breaks of the Game in a league of its own.

In The Powers That Be, theologian and biblical scholar Walter Wink helps us reformulate our ancient concepts - such as God and Satan, angels and demons, principalities and powers - in light of what we now know. Wink's theology is shaped as much by his study of the Bible as by his involvement in the civil rights movement and the fight against apartheid in South Africa. The result is nothing less than a new worldview, one that will help us address the problems of the present and meet the challenges of the future. The Powers That Be is as concerned with salvation as with justice, as relevant for our spiritual selves as for our political lives. Wink closely examines "the Powers, " and by exposing them for what they are in true prophetic fashion, levels a mighty blow against them.

During the 1990s basketball star Michael Jordan became famous as the world's most compelling and charismatic sportsman. During Jordan's reign the game transformed itself into an industry. The money was huge, and the players became celebrities. This is the story of Michael Jordan.

An account of the 1964 World Series baseball championship between the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals.

"Halberstam evokes the internecine conflicts, the untrammeled egos, and the struggles for dominance among the key figures in the White House, the State Department, and the military.

"The Best and the Brightest" was David Halberstam's classic account of how America became involved in Vietnam. In "War in a Time of Peace", he brilliantly evokes the internecine conflicts, the untrammelled egos, and the struggles for dominance among the key figures in the White House, the State department, and the military in the post-Soviet period. He shows how in the last ten years the Vietnam war has shaped American politics and policy makers and especially the decisions of men who served in the war, such as General Colin Powell and presidential advisors Richard Holbrooke and Anthony Lake as well as those who did not. Sweeping in scope and impressive in its depth, "War in a Time of Peace" provides fascinating portraits of the main players including Clinton, Bush, Reagan and Kissinger and a stunning view of what lies behind the US government over which George W. Bush now presides. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand America in the twenty-first century. "Halbertsam's most important book, more ambitious and revealing than "The Best and the Brightest" Just as Vietnam was the test case for our elders, the Balkans and other tragic conflicts became the proving ground for the Bush and Clinton administrations. What Halberstam has written is nothing less than a "War and Peace" for our generation" - Leslie H. Gelb, President, Council on Foreign Relations.

David Halberstam ve své rozsáhlé práci dokazuje, že na první pohled nevýrazná etapa padesátých let je pro Ameriku i pro svět mnohem důležitější. Právě v padesátých letech se rodila americká moderní politika: tehdy se diskutovalo o tom, zda vyrábět stále mocnější zbraně hromadného ničení, tehdy se hledaly cesty, jak čelit komunismu. Nešlo jen o ideové nebo morální a politické otázky: v padesátých letech se masově rozšířila televize, která zásadně změnila způsob vedení politického boje a především životy průměrných Američanů. Ve stejné dekádě začaly pronikat do lidského života počítače. Halberstam rozvážně, ale přesvědčivě dokazuje, že v amerických padesátých letech je třeba hledat kořeny mnoha jevů a věcí, které se posléze rozšířily do celého světa, dopomohly Americe, ale například i západní Evropě k současnému bohatství a v důsledku předznamenaly i globalizaci se všemi problémy, které jsou s ní spojeny. Ve svém vyprávění načrtává mnoho portrétů slavných i méně známých postav amerického politického, vojenského, kulturního i obchodního života.