The Best and the Brightest

Who is Paul Harkins from The Best and the Brightest and what is their importance?

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General Paul Harkins was named to head the U.S. command in Saigon in January 1962. He was fifty-seven years of age at the time. When he arrived in Vietnam, he was not knowledgeable abut the country's history or the kind of war he was getting involved in.