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To: tekboy who wrote (2153)	10/2/2001 11:41:55 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

OT: Just one more brief comment about Halberstam's new book. Well, I agree with what you write about Halberstam as a general comment about his writing. But this quote from Sarah Lyall's Slate comments about the book is my more general view of his work. I trust his reporting and learn a great deal from his observations. But he is wordy, almost frustratingly disorganized. Just that he gets it right and keeps me reading. Unlike some policy journals I could name here, but I would never do that (g). This big, chunky work would come as an even ruder shock if not for Halberstam's accessible writing style and ability to present the colorful personalities and massive egos--complete with rich side stories that plumb motivations, biases, feuds, and the like--behind major world events. I'd far rather learn foreign policy from an elegant writerly pro like Halberstam than from, say, a staid public-affairs journal that gives you all the dust-dry policy arguments without any people to back them up. John