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Washington

door Meg Greenfield

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With Washington, the illustrious longtime editorial page editor of The Washington Post wrote an instant classic, a sociology of Washington, D.C., that is as wise as it is wry. Greenfield, a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, wrote the book secretly in the final two years of her life. She told her literary executor, presidential historian Michael Beschloss, of her work and he has written an afterword telling the story of how the book came into being. Greenfield's close friend and employer, the late Katharine Graham, contributed a moving and personal foreword. Greenfield came to Washington in 1961, at the beginning of the Kennedy administration and joined The Washington Post in 1968. Her editorials at the Post and her columns in Newsweek, were universally admired in Washington for their insight and style. In this, her first book, Greenfield provides a portrait of the U.S. capital at the end of the American century. It is an eccentric, tribal, provincial place where the primary currency is power. For all the scandal and politics of Washington, its real culture is surprisingly little known. Meg Greenfield explains the place with an insider's knowledge and an observer's cool perspective.… (meer)
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5797. Washington, by Meg Greenfield (read 21 Apr 2022) This book was published in 2001, after its author had died. She was the editor of the Washington Post and worked on the book in the 1990's and had the final chapter yet to write when, in 2001, she died. It is kind of a philosophical book, discussing with much insight the behavior of political figures and reporters, and occasionally naming names--which I wished she had done more often since I am reading the book more than 21 years later and what a reader might have known when the book was published does not now readily come to mind. She was a liberal observer but did not fail to blame liberal friends for the things they did wrong, such as the misbehavior of Abe Fortas when he was on the Supreme Court. I did not appreciate the book as much as I would have had I read it 20 years ago--the political scene is so changed from what it was before Trump entered politics. But the book says many wise things which are still true today ( )
  Schmerguls | Apr 21, 2022 |
Washington = high school. This is more profound an equation than first glance might indicate. Ms. Greenfield wrote for Newsweek and Washington Post. I love Newsweek. ( )
  evamat72 | Mar 31, 2016 |
A collection of essays about Washington (D.C., of course) and its inhabitants. ( )
  horacewimsey | Dec 16, 2008 |
this is not a gossip book. this is a thoughtful position statement of the state of the media - particulalry of newspapers. it is a serious sometimes blunt statement of what is going on with the media in the present day. particularly the newspapers and how and why they are failing the public. ( )
  benitastrnad | Dec 5, 2008 |
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With Washington, the illustrious longtime editorial page editor of The Washington Post wrote an instant classic, a sociology of Washington, D.C., that is as wise as it is wry. Greenfield, a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, wrote the book secretly in the final two years of her life. She told her literary executor, presidential historian Michael Beschloss, of her work and he has written an afterword telling the story of how the book came into being. Greenfield's close friend and employer, the late Katharine Graham, contributed a moving and personal foreword. Greenfield came to Washington in 1961, at the beginning of the Kennedy administration and joined The Washington Post in 1968. Her editorials at the Post and her columns in Newsweek, were universally admired in Washington for their insight and style. In this, her first book, Greenfield provides a portrait of the U.S. capital at the end of the American century. It is an eccentric, tribal, provincial place where the primary currency is power. For all the scandal and politics of Washington, its real culture is surprisingly little known. Meg Greenfield explains the place with an insider's knowledge and an observer's cool perspective.

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