{"product_id":"the-best-of-times-the-boom-and-bust-years-of-america-before-and-after-everything-changed-paperback","title":"The Best of Times: The Boom and Bust Years of America Before and After Everything Changed - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHaynes Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe were awash in money and spellbound by celebrity and scandal. It was a time of breathtaking strides in science and unprecedented possibility. A time of squandered opportunities and grave distraction. A time of tragic complacency and belief in our invulnerability. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Best of Times\u003c\/em\u003e, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Haynes Johnson looks back on the decade that defied anyone's expectations, for better or worse. With a sharp eye for the quote or detail that perfectly captures a moment in time, Johnson tells the whole story, no holds barred, of the roller-coaster, self-indulgent nineties when America paid no attention to gathering foreign storms or looming economic collapse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe product of four years of interviews with the decade's most influential players, this is in the best tradition of timeless social history--a memorable portrait of the entire wonderful yet woeful decade that ended in the cataclysmic flames of September 11. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA James H. Silberman Book\u003cbr\u003eNational Bestseller \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow with a New Foreword, Afterword, and Postscript \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn offering this paperback edition of the bubble years, I hope the stories I tell of that newly old America will illuminate how in a few short years we went from the best of times to the worst of times. In my Afterword, I suggest what lessons we must learn from that experience to avoid further disasters and close the circle on some events that typified the period. \u003cbr\u003e--Haynes Johnson\u003cbr\u003eFrom the new Foreword\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 672\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.06 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45776480895173,"sku":"9780156027014","price":48.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/yv_iz7dEkd9780156027014.webp?v=1770549236","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-best-of-times-the-boom-and-bust-years-of-america-before-and-after-everything-changed-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}