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050 00 $aF202.G3$bH47 2014
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100 1 $aHerken, Gregg,$d1947-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe Georgetown set :$bfriends and rivals in Cold War Washington /$cby Gregg Herken.
246 1 $iPrepublication subtitle:$athe establishment elite who waged--and won--the Cold War
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2014.
300 $axi, 494 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aA Borzoi Book.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aIn the years after World War II, Georgetown's leafy streets were home to an unlikely group of Cold Warriors: a coterie of affluent, well-educated, and connected civilians who helped steer American strategy from the Marshall Plan through McCarthyism, Watergate, and the endgame of Vietnam. The Georgetown set included Phil and Kay Graham, husband-and-wife publishers of The Washington Post; Joe and Stewart Alsop, odd-couple brothers who were among the country's premier political pundits; Frank Wisner, a driven, manic-depressive lawyer in charge of CIA covert operations; and a host of other diplomats, spies, and scholars responsible for crafting America's response to the Soviet Union from Truman to Reagan. This was a smaller, cozier Washington--utterly unlike today's capital--where presidents made foreign policy in consultation with reporters and professors over martinis and hors d'oeuvres, and columnists like the Alsops promoted those policies in the next day's newspapers. Together, they navigated the perilous years of the Cold War, yielding triumphs--and tragedies--with very real consequences for present-day America and the world.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aThe WASP ascendancy -- "A political village which has become a world capital" -- "Everything is awful here" -- "Is war inevitable?" -- "Would he go into the woods?" -- "To fight fire with fire" -- "Some brave new approach" -- "A land of conspiracy, run by conspirators" -- "Why has Washington gone crazy?" -- "A rather serious border incident" -- "Venomous, exciting and pretty frightening" -- Bold easterners -- "Stray and gusty winds" -- "The wild pigs of Capitol Hill" -- "An act of very great folly" -- "A chap of great promise" -- "The prophet of the missile gap" -- "A breathless time, full of energy and hope" -- "We will all fry" -- "How great is one's duty to truth?" -- Degringolade -- "The other side of the coin" -- "I'm afraid Joe is a cruel man" -- "It was the war that did him in" -- "Nobody plays by the rules anymore" -- "There is a feeling of doors closing" -- Epilogue: "We're all so old or dead": the end of the Georgetown set.
611 27 $aCold War (1945-1989)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01754978
651 0 $aGeorgetown (Washington, D.C.)$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aWashington (D.C.)$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aPolitical culture$zWashington (D.C.)$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCold War.
650 0 $aUpper class$zWashington (D.C.)$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aWashington (D.C.)$xSocial life and customs$y20th century.
651 0 $aGeorgetown (Washington, D.C.)$vBiography.
651 0 $aWashington (D.C.)$vBiography.
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650 7 $aPolitical culture.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01069263
650 7 $aUpper class.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01162136
651 7 $aWashington (D.C.)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204505
651 7 $aWashington (D.C.)$zGeorgetown.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01314225
648 7 $a1900 - 1999$2fast
655 7 $aBiography.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423686
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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