Covert Capital Landscapes of Denial and the Making of U. S. Empire in the Suburbs of Northern Virginia

Name: Covert Capital Landscapes of Denial and the Making of U. S. Empire in the Suburbs of Northern Virginia
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ISBN: 9780520274655

ISBN-10: 0520274652

ISBN-13: 9780520274655

Edition: 2013

Authors: Andrew Friedman

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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.As the U.S. expanded its power abroad by developing roads, embassies, and villages, its subjects also…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/2/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Introduction



The Covert Intimacies of Langley and Dulles



At Home with the CIA



Saigon Road: The Co-Constituted Landscape of Northern Virginia and South Vietnam



The Fall of South Vietnam and the Transnational Intimacies of Falls Church, Arlington, and McLean



Iran-Contra as Built Space: U.S. Imperial Tehran in Exile and Edge City's Central American Presence


Conclusion


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index