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A history of post-World War II Washington traces the roles of such figures as the Grahams of "The Washington Post," pundits Joe and Stewart Alsop, and CIA covert ops lawyer Frank Wisner in steering the country through McCarthyism, Vietnam, and Watergate.
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Gregg Herken is professor emeritus of modern American diplomatic history at the University of California and the author of Brotherhood of the Bomb, The Winning Weapon, Counsels of War, and Cardinal Choices. He and his family live in Santa Cruz, California.
Lloyd James (a.k.a. Sean Pratt) has been narrating since 1996 and has recorded over six hundred audiobooks. He is a seven-time winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award and has twice been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award. His critically acclaimed performances include Elvis in the Morning by William F. Buckley Jr. and Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin, among others.
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The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington: Library Edition
Librería: CorgiPack, Fulton, NY, Estados Unidos de America
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Audio Book. Condición: VG. Unabridged 14 Disk Set. Former library set. Audio CD media complete and in fine condition in clamshell case. Guaranteed to play flawlessly! This fascinating, behind-the-scenes history of postwar Washington is 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 well-connected civilians who helped steer American strategy from the Marshall Plan through McCarthyism, Vietnam, and the endgame of Watergate. This 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 diplomats, spies, and scholars. It was a time when presidents made foreign policy in consultation with reporters and professors--often over martinis and hors d'oeuvres--and columnists like the Alsops promoted those policies in the next day's newspapers.Gregg Herken illuminates the drama of these years and brings this remarkable roster of men and women and their world not only out into the open but vividly to life. Nº de ref. del artículo: 062864
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