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The Best of Times: The Boom and Bust Years of America Before and After Everything Changed Paperback - 2002
by Haynes Johnson
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist looks back on the 1990s--the tumultuous era that led the nation from an age of innocence into an age of terrorism. Features a new Foreword, Afterword, and postscript by the author. A "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year.
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We were awash in money and spellbound by celebrity and scandal. It was a time of breathtaking strides in science and unprecedented possibility. A time of squandered opportunities and grave distraction. A time of tragic complacency and belief in our invulnerability.
In The Best of Times, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson looks back on the decade that defied anyone's expectations, for better or worse. With a sharp eye for the quote or detail that perfectly captures a moment in time, Johnson tells the whole story, no holds barred, of the roller-coaster, self-indulgent nineties when America paid no attention to gathering foreign storms or looming economic collapse.
The product of four years of interviews with the decade's most influential players, this is in the best tradition of timeless social history--a memorable portrait of the entire wonderful yet woeful decade that ended in the cataclysmic flames of September 11.
A James H. Silberman Book
National Bestseller
Now with a New Foreword, Afterword, and Postscript
In offering this paperback edition of the bubble years, I hope the stories I tell of that newly old America will illuminate how in a few short years we went from the best of times to the worst of times. In my Afterword, I suggest what lessons we must learn from that experience to avoid further disasters and close the circle on some events that typified the period.
--Haynes Johnson
From the new Foreword
In The Best of Times, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson looks back on the decade that defied anyone's expectations, for better or worse. With a sharp eye for the quote or detail that perfectly captures a moment in time, Johnson tells the whole story, no holds barred, of the roller-coaster, self-indulgent nineties when America paid no attention to gathering foreign storms or looming economic collapse.
The product of four years of interviews with the decade's most influential players, this is in the best tradition of timeless social history--a memorable portrait of the entire wonderful yet woeful decade that ended in the cataclysmic flames of September 11.
A James H. Silberman Book
National Bestseller
Now with a New Foreword, Afterword, and Postscript
In offering this paperback edition of the bubble years, I hope the stories I tell of that newly old America will illuminate how in a few short years we went from the best of times to the worst of times. In my Afterword, I suggest what lessons we must learn from that experience to avoid further disasters and close the circle on some events that typified the period.
--Haynes Johnson
From the new Foreword
First line
Garry Kasparov wasn't just another great chess player, the master of all grandmasters.
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- Title The Best of Times: The Boom and Bust Years of America Before and After Everything Changed
- Author Haynes Johnson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 672
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
- Date 2002-09-03
- ISBN 9780156027014 / 0156027011
- Weight 1.92 lbs (0.87 kg)
- Dimensions 9.06 x 6 x 1.2 in (23.01 x 15.24 x 3.05 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.929
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PRAISE FOR THE BEST OF TIMES
"Informed, balanced and . . . gripping. A vivid and reliable reminder of what we have been through."--The New York Times
"Drawn with insight, care, and an excellent eye for detail . . . Johnson is among the most brilliant chroniclers of our times, and he scores again here."--The Boston Globe
"A magnetic book that every thoughtful American will want to read."--Publishers Weekly
"Beautifully written . . . As full of juicy tidbits as a cherry cake. [Johnson shows] how witty, perceptive and morally grown up American political journalism can be at its best."--The Economist
"Informed, balanced and . . . gripping. A vivid and reliable reminder of what we have been through."--The New York Times
"Drawn with insight, care, and an excellent eye for detail . . . Johnson is among the most brilliant chroniclers of our times, and he scores again here."--The Boston Globe
"A magnetic book that every thoughtful American will want to read."--Publishers Weekly
"Beautifully written . . . As full of juicy tidbits as a cherry cake. [Johnson shows] how witty, perceptive and morally grown up American political journalism can be at its best."--The Economist
Citations
- Kliatt, 01/01/2003, Page 32
- New York Times, 09/29/2002, Page 32
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