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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- Features
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9781586422431
- Book Title
- Ike's Mystery Man : the Secret Lives of Robert Cutler
- Book Series
- Truth to Power Ser.
- Publisher
- Steerforth Press
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.6 in
- Genre
- Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- United States / 20th Century, Political, Security (National & International), Lgbt
- Item Weight
- 24.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 428 Pages
À propos de ce produit
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Steerforth Press
ISBN-10
158642243X
ISBN-13
9781586422431
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8038390388
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ike's Mystery Man : the Secret Lives of Robert Cutler
Number of Pages
428 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Political, Security (National & International), Lgbt
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Book Series
Truth to Power Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.6 in
Item Weight
24.5 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-287394
Reviews
"The amazing story of Bobby Cutler, the Harvard-trained lawyer who served as President Eisenhower's national security advisor during the early days of the Cold War. Not only was Cutler gay, he worked with other gay men in the White House, and fell head over heels in love with one of them at the heart of Ike's national security apparatus. This is Washington at the height of the McCarthy era, where vicious hunts for homosexuals were led often by men who themselves were homosexual, or suspected of homosexuality, and an atmosphere of fear and paranoia prevailed. Beautifully researched and written." -- Priscilla J. McMillan, author of The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer "This astonishing American story transcends politics. It is about how power was wielded in Washington during the 1950s, but also about the eternal conflict between public life and private emotion. Poignant diary entries enrich the narrative of a presidential counselor who spent his life dealing with that conflict." -- Stephen Kinzer, author of The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
973.921092 [B]
Table Of Content
Preface 1. Bostonian Republicans 2. Bachelor 3. Wartime 4. From Old Colony to Psychological Warfare 5. With Ike to Victory 6. Transition 7. The Gay Spy 8. Reforming and Running the NSC 9. Ike's Peculiar Ban on Gays 10. The Passion of Oppenheimer 11. The Iran Coup 12. Mystery Man 13. The Guatemala Coup 14. The Dr. Dick House, Joe McCarthy, and "Sexual Perversion" 15. Exploiting Soviet Vulnerabilities 16. "Losing My Right Arm" 17. The Return 18. "The Greatest Adventure of My Life" 19. Sputnik, Turmoil, and Love 20. Challenging US Nuclear Strategy 21. Venice, Midnight 22. "I Love Him . . ." 23. Investigations -- and Agony 24. Ike's Man in Latin America 25. "That Which I Am, I Am" Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
A page-turning Cold War narrative that shines a light on the indispensable contributions and sacrifices made by patriotic gay Americans when such a thing was illegal., The Cold War, The Lavender Scare, and the Untold Story of Eisenhower's First National Security Advisor. President Eisenhower's National Security Advisor Robert Bobby Cutler -- working alongside Ike and also the Dulles brothers at the CIA and State Department -- shaped US Cold War strategy in far more consequential ways than previously understood. A lifelong Republican, Cutler also served three Democratic presidents. A charming raconteur, he was a tight-lipped loyalist who worked behind the scenes to get things done. Cutler was in love with a man half his age, naval intelligence officer and NSC staffer Skip Koons. Cutler poured his emotions into a six-volume diary and dozens of letters that have been hidden from history. Steve Benedict, who was White House security officer, Cutlers' friend and Koons' friend and former lover, preserved Cutler's papers. All three men served Eisenhower at a time when anyone suspected of sexual perversion, i.e. homosexuality, was banned from federal employment and vulnerable to security sweeps by the FBI. This gripping account reveals in fascinating detail Cutler's intimate thoughts and feelings about US efforts to confront Soviet expansion and aggression while having to contend with the reality that tens of millions of people would die in a first nuclear strike, and that a full nuclear exchange would likely lead to human extinction. And Shinkle recounts with sensitivity the daily challenges and personal dramas of a small but representative group or patriotic gay men who were forced to hide essential aspects of who they were in order to serve a president they admired and a country they loved., Ike's Mystery Man shines a bright light on the indispensable contributions and sacrifices made by patriotic gay Americans in an era when Executive Order 10450 banned anyone suspected of 'sexual perversion' from any government job, and gays in the government were persecuted by the likes of Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn in the Senate, and J. Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson at the FBI. It also shows that Eisenhower's National Security Advisor Robert 'Bobby' Cutler shaped US Cold War strategy in far more consequential ways than has been previously understood., The Cold War, The Lavender Scare and the Untold Story of Eisenhower's First National Security Advisor. "An extraordinary story. . . a gripping, moving tale." -- Evan Thomas, author of Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World " A historical treasure unearthed . . . A must-read for all Cold War scholars, it is a great read for everyone else." -- Martin J. Sherwin, Pulitzer-Prize-winning co-author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer "This is a book that deserves, and is sure to get, a wide audience." -- Michael Isikoff, co-author of Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump President Eisenhower's National Security Advisor Robert "Bobby" Cutler shaped US Cold War strategy in far more consequential ways than previously understood. A lifelong Republican, Cutler also served three Denocratic presidents. The life of any party, he was a tight-lipped loyalist who worked behind the scenes to get things done. While Cutler's contributions to the public sphere may not have received, until now, the consideration they deserve, the story of his private life has never before been told. Cutler struggled throughout his years in the White House to discover and embrace his own sexual identity and orientation, and he was in love with a man half his age, NSC staffer Skip Koons. Cutler poured his emotions into a six-volume diary and dozens of letters that have been hidden from history. Steve Benedict, who was White House security officer, Cutlers' friend and Koons' friend and former lover, preserved Cutler's papers. All three men served Eisenhower at a time when anyone suspected of "sexual perversion", i.e. homosexuality, was banned from federal employment and vulnerable to security sweeps by the FBI.
LC Classification Number
E748.C9827S55 2018
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