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The New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of 2022
Named one of Vanity Fair''s Best Books of 2022

Not since Robert Caro's Years of Lyndon Johnson have I been so riveted by a work of history. Secret City is not gay history. It is American history.
George Stephanopoulos

Washington, D.C., has always been a city of secrets. Few have been more dramatic than the ones revealed in James Kirchick's Secret City.

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 gay men and lesbians from the federal government. In the fevered atmosphere of political Washington, the secret too loathsome to mention held

Secret City

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    A Paperback by James Kirchick

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 1/19/2023 12:06:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781250871466
      978-1250871466
      ISBN-10 1250871468
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      Central / national / federal government Political science and theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The New York Times Bestseller
      A New York Times Notable Book of 2022
      Named one of Vanity Fair''s Best Books of 2022

      Not since Robert Caro's Years of Lyndon Johnson have I been so riveted by a work of history. Secret City is not gay history. It is American history.
      George Stephanopoulos

      Washington, D.C., has always been a city of secrets. Few have been more dramatic than the ones revealed in James Kirchick's Secret City.

      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 gay men and lesbians from the federal government. In the fevered atmosphere of political Washington, the secret too loathsome to mention held

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