Main entry:

Friedman, Andrew, 1974-

Title & Author:

Covert capital : landscapes of denial and the making of U.S. empire in the suburbs of Northern Virginia / Andrew Friedman.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]
©2013

Description:

416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Series:

American crossroads ; 37

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-380) and index.
Introduction; 1 The Covert Intimacies of Langley and Dulles; 2 At Home with the CIA; 3 Saigon Road: The Co-Constituted Landscape of Northern Virginia and South Vietnam; 4 The Fall of South Vietnam and the Transnational Intimacies of Falls Church, Arlington, and McLean; 5 Iran-Contra as Built Space: U.S. Imperial Tehran in Exile and Edge City's Central American Presence; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.

Summary:

The capital of the U.S. Empire after World War II was not a city. It was an American suburb. In this innovative and timely history, Andrew Friedman chronicles how the CIA and other national security institutions created a U.S. imperial home front in the suburbs of Northern Virginia. In this covert capital, the suburban landscape provided a cover for the workings of U.S. imperial power, which shaped domestic suburban life. The Pentagon and the CIA built two of the largest office buildings in the country there during and after the war that anchored a new imperial culture and social world.

ISBN:

9780520274648 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520274644 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520274655 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0520274652 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Intelligence service United States History.
Federal areas within states Virginia.
Buildings.
Federal areas within states.
Intelligence service.
Virginia, Northern Buildings, structures, etc.
Virginie (Nord) Constructions.
United States.
Virginia.
Northern Virginia.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

American crossroads ; 37.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289782
Call No.: BIB 232409
Status: Available