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The book was described as a look into the hidden history of gay men and women in D.C. politics during the Cold War, highlighting the risks and challenges faced due to societal homophobia.
During this period that I write about, which is really the Cold War or really World War two until the end of the Cold War, there was no greater secret in Washington or American politics that was more...
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The book was described as a look into the hidden history of gay men and women in D.C. politics during the Cold War, highlighting the risks and challenges faced due to societal homophobia.
During this period that I write about, which is really the Cold War or really World War two until the end of the Cold War, there was no greater secret in Washington or American politics that was more dangerous or more destructive to a political career than being gay.
And so I figured that this would make a fascinating subject for a book and just exploring all the many ways in which homosexuality impacted American politics, the scandals, the personalities, how the presidents dealt with it.
This book is also a whodunit to rival anything by Agatha Christie.
And that's where a lot of this comes from.
And that is when this sort of obsession with gays and governments, and gays in politics really takes off. It's with the rise of the national security state.
