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Georgetown Set

The term Georgetown Set refers to an informal circle of influential US policymakers, intelligence officials, journalists, and academics in Washington, D.C. This group of “Cold Warriors” was based in Georgetown (an affluent neighborhood in Washington) and met regularly for social evenings that often led to political discussions. Formed in the late 1940s…

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Georgetown Set

Nodes99
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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Members · 92
Georgetown Set → Ambassador, American, Barnes, Bay, Bissell Jr, Bohlen, Braden, Bradlee, Bruce, Career, Chairman, Chase Manhattan Bank, Chip, CIA, CIA's, CIA's OPC, CNN, Cold WarCord Meyer, Commerce, Dean Acheson
related to Influence · 40
Georgetown Set → Adlai Stevenson, After Philip Graham's, Alsops, At, CIA, Cold War, Council, Democratic Party, East Coast, Edgar Hoover, FBI Director, Foreign Relations, Georgetown, Gregg Herken, Harry Truman, He, In, It, Johnson, Katharine
related to history · 21
Georgetown Set → After, American, As, Democratic Party, Democrats, East Coast, Even, Georgetown, Georgetowners, Gregg Herken, However, McCarthy, Second World War, Soviet Union, Sputnik, State Dean Acheson, They, This, US Secretary, USSR
related to Literature · 10
Georgetown Set → Cold War Washington, Friends, ISBN, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Rivals, The Georgetown Set, Wikisource-logo

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georgetown set cia group washington war us intelligence cold members also foreign policy influence alsop director graham media kennedy politician

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the missile gap with the USSR andinstance offrom the containment strategy toward the Soviet Union to McCarthyism and the arms race to headlines0.80text
finallyinstance offrom the containment strategy toward the Soviet Union to McCarthyism and the arms race to headlines0.80text
the Vietnam War.Members of the Georgetown Set such as Dullesinstance offrom the containment strategy toward the Soviet Union to McCarthyism and the arms race to headlines0.80text
Wisner played a decisive role as a lobby group in the founding of the CIAinstance offrom the containment strategy toward the Soviet Union to McCarthyism and the arms race to headlines0.80text
subsequently exerted a decisive influence on its leadershipinstance offrom the containment strategy toward the Soviet Union to McCarthyism and the arms race to headlines0.80text
with members of the Georgetown Set often being recruited into the CIAinstance offrom the containment strategy toward the Soviet Union to McCarthyism and the arms race to headlines0.80text
the Cuban Missile Crisisinstance ofThe network thus accompanied the course of events0.80text
during which Kennedy briefed Soviet Ambassador Charlesinstance ofThe network thus accompanied the course of events0.80text
Harry Trumaninstance ofThe Georgetown Group mainly supported Democratic Party candidates0.80text
Georgetown Setrelated to historyGregg Herken0.60section
Georgetown Setrelated to historyUS Secretary0.60section
Georgetown Setrelated to historyState Dean Acheson0.60section

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