Beginning in 1959 and covering the war in Vietnam and related events on the domestic front, this collection of the finest reporting on the war includes memorable writing by David Halberstam, Norman Mailer, Neil Sheehan, Sydney Schanberg, and Doris Kearns Goodwin. Including maps, biographies, and a glossary of military terms, this one-volume edition is distilled from the Library of America`s two-volume collection.