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Sto caricando le informazioni... Washington Goes to War (1988)di David Brinkley
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Entertaining and acerbic look at Washington, D.C. in the 1939-1945 period. Brinkley was there for a portion of the time, from 1943 as a White House correspondent for NBC News. Much of what he didn't see first-hand comes from contemporary accounts and memories by those he interviewed. Congress does not come off at all well in this analysis, with the possible exception of Speaker Sam Rayburn. One interesting angle explored in the book is the massive bureaucratic muddle that engulfed the government as it went on to war, and how it was never really resolved. ( ) 2159 Washington Goes To War, by David Brinkley (read 21 Aug 1988) This was given me as a gift, and since I read (eventually) all the books I own, I decided to read it. I found it much more enjoyable than I expected. While I do not particularly like David Brinkley--generalizer and non-meticulous as he is--I found this account supremely readable. It is the story of Washington from 1940 to 1945--those of course are prime years in my dawning consciousness. My sister went to Washington in 1942. I went there in 1950--when it had not changed all that much. Brinkley is sardonic and funny, and all that, but I could not help but be tremendously moved by his account of FDR's death and funeral. He makes those years seem such distant simple times--and I guess they were. What seems so odd now seemed so obvious then. A great book! nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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David Brinkley, one of America's most respected and celebrated news commentators, turns his journalistic skills to a personal account of the tumultuous days of World War II in the sleepy little Southern town that was Washington, D.C. Carrying us from the first days of the war through Roosevelt's death and the celebration of VJ Day, Brinkley surrounds us with fascinating people. Here are the charismatic President Roosevelt and the woman spy, code name "Cynthia." Here, too, are the diplomatic set, new Pentagon officials, and old-line society members -- aka "Cave Dwellers" We meet the brashest and the brightest who actually ran the government, and the countless men and women who came to support the war effort in any way they could -- all seeking to share in the adventure of their generation. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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