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The Powers That Be

by David Halberstam · 1979

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Gives an account of power at work in America.

Subject
historypoliticsbusinessbiography
Themes
journalistsmediaAmerican historypolitics
Setting
1970sUSA
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 792 pages

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