The Georgetown Set

Name: The Georgetown Set
Brand: Random House
SKU: 9780307456342
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Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington

Autor: Gregg Herken

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A fascinating, behind-the-scenes history of postwar Washington-a rich and colorful portrait of the c...

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Autor

Gregg Herken

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2015

Pagini

528

EAN

9780307456342

ISBN

030745634X

Enbook ID

09485979

Editura

Random House

Greutate

502

Dimensiuni

132 x 203 x 27

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A fascinating, behind-the-scenes history of postwar Washington-a rich and colorful portrait of the close-knit group of journalists, spies, and government officials who waged the Cold War over cocktails and dinner.§§In 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.§§Gregg Herken captures their successes and failures and gives us intimate portraits of these dedicated and talented, if deeply flawed, individuals. Throughout, he illuminates the drama of those years, bringing this remarkable roster of men and women and their world not only out into the open but vividly to life.§§From the Hardcover edition.

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