{"product_id":"the-best-of-times-the-boom-and-bust-years-of-america-before-and-after-everything-changed-9780156027014","title":"The Best of Times: The Boom and Bust Years of America Before and After Everything Changed","description":"We 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. \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156027014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/29\/2002 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Haynes Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52107745493173,"sku":"9780156027014","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_13e4419a-fb9f-4da7-9fba-613c53c240f9.jpg?v=1765862114","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-best-of-times-the-boom-and-bust-years-of-america-before-and-after-everything-changed-9780156027014","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}