The Fifties (book)

The Fifties (1993) is a history book by

first televised debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy

, serving as a prelude to the 1960s.

Journalist Frye Gaillard cited it as an inspiration for his book A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s.^[1] A documentary adaption of the book was aired in 1997 on

The History Channel

.

Editions

ISBN 9780679415596
. First edition

References

^ Timothy J. McNulty (September 20, 2018). "Frye Gaillard's survey of the '60s resonates in today's political moment". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 9, 2019.

External links

Booknotes interview with Halberstam on The Fifties, July 11, 1993.

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[1] Timothy J. McNulty (September 20, 2018). "Frye Gaillard's survey of the '60s resonates in today's political moment". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 9, 2019.

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v t e David Halberstam
Selected works	The Best and the Brightest (1972) The Powers That Be (1979) The Breaks of the Game (1981) The Reckoning (1986) The Fifties (1993) The Children (1998) The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War (2007)
Related	Elżbieta Czyżewska (first wife) Michael J. Halberstam (brother)