The Reckoning is a non-fiction written by David Halberstam

David Halberstam

David Halberstam was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author and historian, known for his early work on the Vietnam War, his work on politics, history, the Civil Rights Movement, business, media, American culture, and his later sports journalism.-Early life and education:Halberstam...

and published in 1986. It is the third and final book of his trilogy study of the forces of power in America, and is described as 'a parallel history and study of the American and Japanese automobile industries, using Nissan and Ford Motors as examples' by Elliot Feldman.