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02446aam a2200337 a 4500 001 9D4FA4B21B7011E3ABCE74CEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200815010218 008 120418s2012 cauaf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 161902165X 020 $a 9781619021655 020 $a 1582437165 020 $a 9781582437163 040 $a PABRO $c PABRO $d SKYRV $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a E743 $b .S723 2012 082 04 $a 973.91 $2 23 100 1 $a Srodes, James. 245 10 $a On Dupont Circle : $b Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the progressives who shaped our world / $c James Srodes. 260 $a Berkeley, Calif. : $b Counterpoint : $c c2012. 300 $a 325 p., [16] p. of plates : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-314) and index. 505 00 $t The legacy of the Dupont Circle set. $t Chronology of important events -- $t Dinner at the House of Truth -- $t Avoiding an unavoidable war -- $t The Dupont Circle set at war -- $t Fighting for peace in Paris -- $t Compromises and betrayals -- $t Victory without triumph -- $t Progressivism in retreat -- $t Adrift in smoke-filled rooms -- $t Dupont Circle diplomats -- $t The best laid plans -- $t Rethinking progressivism -- $t Who but Hoover? -- $t The making of a president -- $t Messy foreign affairs -- $t War clouds on the horizon -- $t Looking over the horizon -- $t Success threatened by scandal -- $t The legacy of the Dupont Circle set. 520 $a On the eve of World War I, twelve young people came together in Washington, D.C.'s tony Dupont Circle neighborhood. They were ambitious for personal and social advancement, and what bound them together was a sheer determination to remake America and the rest of the world in their progressive image. The group mixed cocktails, foreign policy, and bed-mates as they set out to remake the world. For the next twenty years they pursued increasingly important careers as their private lives become ever more entangled. On the eve of WWII, the group came together again for a second chance at history-- this time the result was the United Nations. 650 0 $a Progressivism (United States politics) $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 20th century. 941 $a 3 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20170418090936.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826054702.0 952 $l VPPC384 $d 20160406022140.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9D4FA4B21B7011E3ABCE74CEDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search