description: This book of the just-retired newsman's reminiscences of Washington at the dawn of America's involvement in World War II is no mere historical curiosity shop. It's very instructive about the way Washington still works. For instance, Brinkley tells us that in September 1941, while FDR was still wavering about where to put the military's new headquarters building, an Army general told the contractor to get started. By the time Roosevelt found out about this a month later, the foundations for the Pentagon had already been put in place.
language: English
title: Washington Goes to War
titlecomplete: Washington Goes to War
genres: Dc Comics, History, World War II, Memoir, Biography, American History, War, Politics, Journalism, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 512
publisher: Random House Value Publishing