The friends and rivals in Cold War Washington Herken, Gregg 1947- creator text nyu New York Alfred A. Knopf 2014 monographic eng

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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. Gregg Herken. 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 002 F 202 H548g 2014 975.3 9780307456342 2013047033 160902 20230404125843.0 123073