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“ Fresh from the rarefied environments of Harvard, the author says he purposefully took journalism jobs in small southern towns so that he could learn the art of conversation with ordinary people. Is this gift for listening and for conversation, it seems, that allowed him to produce textured historical narratives of grand impact. ”

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There was, I found, always more to learn.

~ David Halberstam

Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefiled and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse it was contagious, and could destroy a unit before a battle even began. Because of that, commanders were first and foremost in the fear suppression business.

~ David Halberstam

Officers came and went and were never a part of daily life.

~ David Halberstam

The men were always wary of an officer who took form more seriously than function.

~ David Halberstam