Herken, Gregg,  1947- <br/><br/>
The Georgetown set :  friends and rivals in Cold War Washington / 
Gregg Herken. 
 - New York :  Alfred A. Knopf,  2014. 
 - 494 p.  :  ill. , map ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>The WASP ascendancy -- "A political village" -- "Some higher realm of intellect and power" -- "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 promise and energy" -- "We will all fry" -- "How great is one's duty to truth?" -- Dégringolade -- "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780307456342 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013047033 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political culture--History--Washington (D.C.)--20th century.<br/>Cold War.<br/>Upper class--History--Washington (D.C.)--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)--History--20th century.<br/>Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century.<br/>Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs--20th century.<br/>Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)--Biography.<br/>Washington (D.C.)--Biography.<br/>Washington (Estados Unidos)--Vida social y costumbres.<br/>Washington (Estados Unidos)--Historia--Siglo XX
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>002 F 202  / H548g 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>975.3