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The FBI tracked the late Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David Halberstam for more than two decades, newly released documents show.
A graduate student charged in the car crash that killed Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam was sentenced Thursday to five days in jail, but a judge recommended he serve the time on a supervised work program.
A graduate student charged in the car crash that killed Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam pleaded no contest Tuesday to a charge of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter.
David Halberstam, a journalist who produced a steady stream of well-regarded books on topics as diverse as the Vietnam war, the civil rights movement and sports, died as he lived: On his way to an interview.
Report: FBI kept file on author David HalberstamThe FBI tracked the late Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David Halberstam for more than two decades, newly released documents show.
Oarsmen must win to keep shirts on their backsShirt-racing, or shirt-betting, embodies this traditional aesthetic. Pre-eminent rowing collector-historian Tom Weil '71 says losers were traditionally obliged to strip the racing shirts off their backs and hand them to their opponents on the water.
W. C. Heinz, 93, Writing Craftsman, Dies W. C. Heinz, the sports columnist, war correspondent, magazine writer and novelist who was considered one of the finest journalistic stylists of his era, died Wednesday in Bennington, Vt. He was 93.
The Combatant: David Halbestram, RIPAn uncompromising approach, and not just to reporting in Vietnam.
MacArthur's Grand DelusionIn 1950, General Douglas MacArthur was hell-bent on chasing the retreating North Koreans to the Chinese border. Nothing would stop him—not orders from Washington, not intelligence reports that Mao's troops were building up in the area.
The Forgotten War That Set a Pattern for Years to ComeIt was "a sour war," in W. Averell Harriman's apt phrase, a military conflict perfectly suited to the age of existentialism, alienation and the antihero. The goals were obscure, and the enemy shadowy.
Yes, Mr. President, there are parallels to VietnamIt ill behooves an administration led by two who assiduously avoided the Vietnam War to lecture the nation now on the lessons of its consequences.
The History Boys: David Halberstam's Last ArticleIn the twilight of his presidency, George W. Bush and his inner circle have been feeding the press with historical parallels: he is Harry Truman—unpopular, besieged, yet ultimately to be vindicated—while Iraq under Saddam was Europe held by Hitler.
David Halberstam's Final Words on Bush and the "history boys"The late historian David Halberstam deeply disagreed with what the President thought about how historical lessons could be applied today, writing in a piece for Vanity Fair completed just prior to his death in April that he came to refer to Bush, Cheney, Rice, and Rumsfeld as t …
How An Unlikely Pair -- Woodward and Bernstein -- Broke Watergate Even though nine reporters worked the Watergate break-in story that Saturday, 35 years ago, in June 1972, only Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein showed up the next day to report on the strange story. Neither was thrilled to see the other.
NY Times Will No Longer Participate in White House Correspondents DinnerTucked inside Frank Rich's Sunday column in the New York Times is indication that the newspaper will no longer play ball with the annual White House Correspondents Association dinners in Washington, which he calls "a crystallization of the press's failures in the post-9/11 era." …
Frank Rich: All the President's PressFrank Rich says the White House correspondents' dinner has become a crystallization of the press's failures in the post-9/11 era.
David Halberstam, 73, War Reporter and Author, Is Killed in a Car CrashDavid Halberstam was the tireless author of books on topics as varied as America's military failings in Vietnam and the high-pressured world of professional basketball.
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