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100 1  Kirchick, James,|eauthor. 
245 10 Secret city :|bthe hidden history of gay Washington /
       |cJames Kirchick. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bHenry Holt and Company,|c2022. 
300    xviii, 826 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 664-802) and 
       index. 
520    "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" paradoxically held enormous, terrifying power. 
       Utilizing thousands of pages of declassified documents, 
       interviews with over one hundred people, and material 
       unearthed from presidential libraries and archives around 
       the country, Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay 
       Washington, from FDR through Clinton is a chronicle of 
       American politics like no other. Beginning with the tragic
       story of Sumner Welles, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 
       brilliant diplomatic advisor and the man at the center of 
       "the greatest national scandal since the existence of the 
       United States," award-winning journalist and author James 
       Kirchick illuminates how the idea of homosexuality shaped 
       each successive presidential administration, impacting 
       everything from the creation of America's earliest 
       civilian intelligence agency to the rise and fall of 
       McCarthyism, the struggle for African American civil 
       rights, and the conservative movement. Celebrating the men
       and women who courageously decided that the source of 
       their private shame could instead be galvanized for public
       pride, Kirchick offers a reinterpretation of American 
       history told from the perspective of the citizens who 
       lived in its shadows. Sweeping in scope and intimate in 
       detail, Secret City will forever transform our 
       understanding of American history"--|cProvided by 
       publisher. 
650  0 Homophobia|zWashington (D.C.)|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Heterosexism|zWashington (D.C.)|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 Gays|zWashington (D.C.)|xHistory|y20th century.