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100 1 _aLait, Jack,
_d1882-1954
245 1 0 _aWashington Confidential
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2020-10-16
508 _aProduced by Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, Emmanuel d'Alzon Library (Assumption College) and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"Washington Confidential" by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer is a revealing and controversial exposé written in the early 1950s. This book offers a gritty look at the underbelly of Washington, D.C., exploring issues of corruption, vice, and the peculiarities of life in the nation’s capital. Through their journalistic lens, the authors promise an unfiltered narrative that challenges the sanitized image of Washington as the seat of political power. The opening of "Washington Confidential" sets the stage for this exploration by framing the city as a paradox. Lait and Mortimer share their intent to dissect Washington, revealing it as a place of stark contradictions—architectural beauty alongside moral decay. They describe how Washington's political landscape is intertwined with vice, crime, and an extraordinary excess of government employees who engage in dubious activities. Their tone is acerbic and satirical, giving readers a sense that much of what lies beneath the surface of this capital city is overshadowed by a casual acceptance of vice, hinting at a darker reality far removed from the official narratives of governance and reform. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aWashington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs
653 _aWashington (D.C.) -- Description and travel
700 1 _aMortimer, Lee,
_d1904-1963
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63469
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