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by Harry S. Jaffe

  • Narrated by: Norman Dietz
  • Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins
  • Release date: 06-03-14
  • Language: English

With a new afterword covering the two decades since its first publication, two of Washington, D.C.’s most respected journalists expose one of America’s most tragic ironies: How the nation’s capital, often a gleaming symbol of peace and hope, is the setting for vicious contradictions and devastating conflicts over race, class, and power. Jaffe and Sherwood have chillingly chronicled the descent of the District of Columbia – congressional hearings, gangland murders, the establishment of home rule and the inside story of Marion Barry’s enigmatic dynasty and disgrace. Now their afterword narrates the District’s transformation in the last twenty years. New residents have helped bring developments, restaurants, and businesses to reviving neighborhoods. The authors cover the rise and fall of Mayors Adrian Fenty and Vince Gray, how new corruption charges are taking down politicians and businessmen, and how a fading Barry is still a player. The “city behind the monuments” remains flawed and polarized, but its revival is turning it into a distinct world capital – almost a dream city.

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Author

Harry S. Jaffe, Tom Sherwood

Narrated by

Norman Dietz

Length

18 hrs and 9 mins

Release date

06-03-14

Language

English

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