The Georgetown set : friends and rivals in Cold War Washington / Gregg Herken.

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 connected civilians who helped steer American strategy from the Marshall Plan through McCarthyism, Watergate, and the endgame of Vietnam. The Georget...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Herken, Gregg, 1947-
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2014]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	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. Manners and customs. Political culture. Upper class. History.
Genre:	Biography. History.
Physical Description:	494 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

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