Talk:The Best and the Brightest

I think Halberstam explicitly states somewhere in the book, probably in an introduction, that the title comes from a much more logical source than a Shelly poem--rather the common phrase as it was in the time, "Brightest and Best," simply turned around. Perhaps someone with a copy of it at hand could check it out...

I found a section on the title (page xix in the 1992 trade paperback edition) that talks about the title, but doesn't claim he invented the phrase and does not attribute it to Shelley or the hymn. I edited the summary to add that information. Wsacul 23:41, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

additional Best & Brightest theme

In addition to the insightful themes already listed in this entry, I suggest this:

Despite signficant contributions of the United States' smartest people of their day, they collectively created poorly-thought out policies that ended in disaster. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tamon (talk • contribs) 17:53, 18 January 2007 (UTC).

In 'To the Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf she wrote in the appendix that it was by Percy Bysshe Shelley and it could be found in 'To Jane: the Invitation' (1822) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.2.60.8 (talk) 21:33, 19 December 2007 (UTC)