02095cam a2200313 i 4500 123073 20230404125843.0 160902s2014 nyua 000 0 eng 2013047033 9780307456342 002 F 202 H548g 2014 975.3 Herken, Gregg, 1947- The Georgetown set : friends and rivals in Cold War Washington / Gregg Herken. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. 494 p. : ill. , map ; 25 cm 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. Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) History 20th century. Washington (D.C.) History 20th century. Political culture Washington (D.C.) History 20th century. Cold War. Upper class Washington (D.C.) History 20th century. Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs 20th century. Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) Biography. Washington (D.C.) Biography. Washington (Estados Unidos) Vida social y costumbres. Washington (Estados Unidos) Historia Siglo XX lcc bk 6016 6016 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 1 0 002 F 202 H548g 2014 00000112878 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk