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100 1 _aHerken, Gregg,
_d1947-
245 1 4 _aThe Georgetown set :
_bfriends and rivals in Cold War Washington /
_cGregg Herken.
260 _aNew York :
_bAlfred A. Knopf,
_c2014.
300 _a494 p. :
_bill. , map ;
_c25 cm
505 0 _aThe 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.
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.
651 4 _aWashington (Estados Unidos)
_xVida social y costumbres.
651 4 _aWashington (Estados Unidos)
_xHistoria
_ySiglo XX
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_cbk
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