{"product_id":"2940169604337","title":"The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e; 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregg 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114541695216,"sku":"2940169604337","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169604337_p0.jpg?v=1769897349","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169604337","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}