Ike's mystery man : the secret lives of Robert Cutler

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Ike's mystery man : the secret lives of Robert Cutler

Title remainder

the secret lives of Robert Cutler

Statement of responsibility

Peter Shinkle

Title variation

Secret lives of Robert Cutler

Title variation remainder

the secret lives of Robert Cutler

Creator

• trueShinkle, Peter

Author

• trueShinkle, Peter

Subject

• trueCabinet officers
• Cabinet officers -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography
• Closeted gays -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography
• trueCold War
• Cutler, Robert, 1895-1974
• trueElectronic books
• trueGay men
• National Security Council (U.S.) -- 20th century -- Biography
• trueNational security advisors
• truePresidents -- United States -- Staff
• trueSecrets
• Statesmen -- United States -- 20th century -- Biography
• trueUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
• trueWashington, D.C. -- History
• truePoliticians
• Biographies

Genre

• trueBiography
• Electronic books
• trueBiographies

Language

eng

Summary

"President Eisenhower's National Security Advisor Robert 'Bobby' Cutler shaped US Cold War strategy in far more consequential ways than previously understood. A lifelong Republican, Cutler also served three Democratic presidents. The life of any party, he was a tight-lipped loyalist who worked behind the scenes to get things done. While Cutler's contributions to the public sphere may not have received, until now, the consideration they deserve, the story of his private life has never before been told. Cutler struggled throughout his years in the White House to discover and embrace his own sexual identity and orientation, and he was in love with a man half his age, NSC staffer Skip Koons. Cutler poured his emotions into a six-volume diary and dozens of letters that have been hidden from history. Steve Benedict, who was White House security officer, Cutlers' friend and Koons' friend and former lover, preserved Cutler's papers. All three men served Eisenhower at a time when anyone suspected of 'sexual perversion.' i.e. homosexuality, was banned from federal employment and vulnerable to security sweeps by the FBI."--www.amazon.com

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

• 973.921092
• [B]

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography