
City of Newsmen
Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington
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Americans' current trust in journalists is at a dismayingly low ebb, particularly on the subject of national and international politics. It might be tempting to look back to the mid-twentieth century, when the nation's press corps was a seemingly venerable and monolithic institution that conveyed the official line from Washington with nary a glint of anti-patriotic cynicism. As Kathryn McGarr's City of Newsmen shows, however, the real story of what Cold War-era journalists did and how they did it wasn't exactly the one you'd find in the morning papers.
City of Newsmen explores foreign policy journalism in Washington during and after World War II—a time supposedly defined by the press's blind patriotism and groupthink. McGarr ventures into the back hallways and private clubs of the 1940s and 1950s to show how white male reporters suppressed their skepticism to build one of the most powerful and enduring constructed realities in recent US history—the Washington Cold War consensus. Though by the 1960s, this set of reporters was seen as unduly complicit with the government—failing to openly critique the decisions and worldviews that led to disasters like the Vietnam War—McGarr shows how self-aware these reporters were as they negotiated for access, prominence, and, yes, the truth—even as they denied those things to their readers.
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Those Angry Days
- Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941
- De: Lynne Olson
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 18 h y 4 m
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At the center of the debate over American intervention in World War II stood the two most famous men in America: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who championed the interventionist cause, and aviator Charles Lindbergh, who as unofficial leader and spokesman for America's isolationists emerged as the president's most formidable adversary. Their contest of wills personified the divisions within the country at large, and Lynne Olson makes masterly use of their dramatic personal stories to create a poignant and riveting narrative.
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Incivility in Politics - A Real Shocker!
- De Carole T. en 04-24-13
De: Lynne Olson
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The Lavender Scare
- The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government
- De: David K. Johnson
- Narrado por: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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Winner of three book awards, The Lavender Scare masterfully traces the origins of contemporary sexual politics to Cold War hysteria over national security. Drawing on newly declassified documents and interviews with former government officials, historian David Johnson chronicles how the myth that homosexuals threatened national security determined government policy for decades, ruined thousands of lives, and pushed many to suicide. As Johnson shows, this myth not only outlived McCarthy but, by the 1960s, helped launch a new civil rights struggle.
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a history lesson worth knowing
- De SoMi en 01-11-21
De: David K. Johnson
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The Man Who Ran Washington
- The Life and Times of James A. Baker III
- De: Peter Baker, Susan Glasser
- Narrado por: Michael Quinlan
- Duración: 26 h y 35 m
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For a quarter-century, from the end of Watergate to the aftermath of the Cold War, no Republican won the presidency without his help or ran the White House without his advice. James Addison Baker III was the indispensable man for four presidents because he understood better than anyone how to make Washington work at a time when America was shaping events around the world. The Man Who Ran Washington is a pause-resisting portrait of a power broker who influenced America's destiny for generations.
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We Need Baker Now More Than Ever
- De @Gazi2a en 01-08-21
De: Peter Baker, y otros
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To Start a War
- How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq
- De: Robert Draper
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 15 h y 30 m
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Even now, after more than 15 years, it is hard to see the invasion of Iraq through the cool, considered gaze of history. For too many people, the damage is still too palpable, and still unfolding. Most of the major players in that decision are still with us, and few of them are not haunted by it, in one way or another. Perhaps it's that combination, the passage of the years and the still unresolved trauma, that explains why so many protagonists opened up so fully for the first time to Robert Draper.
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If you’ve grown weary of the current GOP administration’s incompetence...
- De Marynelle en 09-04-20
De: Robert Draper
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31 Days
- The Crisis That Gave Us the Government We Have Today
- De: Barry Werth
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
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In 31 Days, Barry Werth takes listeners inside the White House during the tumultuous days following Nixon's resignation and the swearing-in of America's "accidental president", Gerald Ford. The congressional hearings, Nixon's increasing paranoia, and, finally, the devastating revelations of the White House tapes had torn the country apart. Within the White House and the Republican Party, Nixon's resignation produced new fissures and battle lines and new opportunities for political advancement.
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The politics of 1974
- De D. Littman en 11-27-06
De: Barry Werth
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How Ike Led
- The Principles Behind Eisenhower's Biggest Decisions
- De: Susan Eisenhower
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne, Susan Eisenhower
- Duración: 12 h y 40 m
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Few people have made decisions as momentous as Eisenhower, nor has one person had to make such a varied range of them. From D-Day to Little Rock, from the Korean War to Cold War crises, from the Red Scare to the Missile Gap controversies, he was able to give our country eight years of peace and prosperity by relying on a core set of principles. These were informed by his heritage and upbringing, his strong character and his personal discipline, but he also avoided making himself the center of things. He tried to be the calmest man in the room, not the loudest.
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A President of the UNITED States
- De Happy Doc en 09-10-20
De: Susan Eisenhower
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935 Lies
- The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity
- De: Charles Lewis
- Narrado por: Don Lee
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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Facts are and must be the coin of the realm in a democracy. Unfortunately, for citizens in the United States and throughout the world, distinguishing between fact and fiction - always a formidable challenge - is now more difficult than ever, as a constant stream of questionable information pours into media outlets. Lewis argues forcefully that while data points and factoids abound, it is much harder to get to the whole truth of complex issues in time for that truth to guide citizens, voters, and decision makers.
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This Is the Book We All Should Read
- De Chris Reich en 07-09-14
De: Charles Lewis
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Reaganland
- America's Right Turn 1976-1980
- De: Rick Perlstein
- Narrado por: Samantha Desz, Jonathan Todd Ross, Jacques Roy, y otros
- Duración: 45 h y 18 m
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Over two decades, Rick Perlstein has published three definitive works about the emerging dominance of conservatism in modern American politics. With the saga's final installment, he has delivered yet another stunning literary and historical achievement. In late 1976, Ronald Reagan was dismissed as a man without a political future: defeated in his nomination bid against a sitting president of his own party, blamed for President Gerald Ford's defeat, too old to make another run.
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This Book is Censored by Audible
- De Nathan D. Backlund en 09-07-20
De: Rick Perlstein
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The Plot Against the President
- The True Story of How Congressman Devin Nunes Uncovered the Biggest Political Scandal in U.S. History
- De: Lee Smith
- Narrado por: John Pruden
- Duración: 10 h y 4 m
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Investigative journalist Lee Smith's The Plot Against the President tells the story of how Congressman Devin Nunes uncovered the operation to bring down the commander-in-chief. While popular opinion holds that Russia subverted democratic processes during the 2016 elections, the real damage was done not by Moscow or any other foreign actor. Rather, this was a slow-moving coup engineered by a coterie of the American elite, the "deep state," targeting not only the president, but also the rest of the country.
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Nunes is a national treasure.
- De Chip Atkinson en 01-30-20
De: Lee Smith
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JFK
- Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956
- De: Fredrik Logevall
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
- Duración: 29 h y 27 m
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By the time of his assassination in 1963, John F. Kennedy stood at the helm of the greatest power the world had ever seen, a booming American nation that he had steered through some of the most perilous diplomatic standoffs of the Cold War. Born in 1917 to a striving Irish American family that had become among Boston’s wealthiest, Kennedy knew political ambition from an early age, and his meteoric rise to become the youngest elected president cemented his status as one of the most mythologized figures in American history.
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Excellent Portrait of JFK & His Times
- De John David en 12-14-20
De: Fredrik Logevall
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The Deviant's War
- The Homosexual vs. the United States of America
- De: Eric Cervini
- Narrado por: Vikas Adam
- Duración: 15 h y 34 m
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In 1957, Frank Kameny, a rising astronomer working for the US Military in Hawaii, received a summons to report immediately to Washington, DC. The Pentagon had reason to believe he was a homosexual, and after a series of humiliating interviews, Kameny - like gay men and women for generations - was promptly dismissed from the military. Unlike many others, though, Kameny fought back.
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Big Surprise
- De elwood en 08-01-20
De: Eric Cervini