Secret city : the hidden history of gay Washington
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New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022.
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First edition.
ISBN
1627792325, 9781627792325
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xviii, 826 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor)
NF 306.766 KIRCHIC 2022
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Published
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2022.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
1627792325, 9781627792325

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"For decades, the specter of homosexuality haunted Washington. The mere suggestion that a person might be gay destroyed reputations, ended careers, and ruined lives. At the height of the Cold War, fear of homosexuality became intertwined with the growing threat of international communism, leading to a purge of gays and lesbians from the federal government. ... Utilizing thousands of pages of declassified documents, interviews with more than one hundred people, and material unearthed from presidential libraries and archives across the country, [the book] is a chronicle of American politics like no other. Beginning with the tragic story of Sumner Welles, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's ... diplomatic advisor and the man at the center of 'the greatest national scandal since the existence of the United States,' James Kirchick illuminates how homosexuality shaped each successive presidential administration through to the end of the twentieth century. Cultural and political anxiety over gay people sparked a decades-long witch hunt, impacting everything from the rivalry between the CIA and the FBI to the ascent of Joseph McCarthy, the struggle for Black civil rights, and the rise of the conservative movement. Kirchick tells of the World War II-era gay spymaster who pioneered seduction as a tool of American espionage, the devoted aide whom Lyndon Johnson treated as a son yet abandoned once his homosexuality was discovered, and how allegations of a 'homosexual ring' controlling Ronald Reagan nearly derailed his 1980 election victory--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kirchick, J. (2022). Secret city: the hidden history of gay Washington (First edition.). Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kirchick, James. 2022. Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington. Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kirchick, James. Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington Henry Holt and Company, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kirchick, James. Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington First edition., Henry Holt and Company, 2022.

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