The Pentagon : a history : the untold story of the wartime race to build the Pentagon--and to restore it sixty years later

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The Pentagon : a history : the untold story of the wartime race to build the Pentagon--and to restore it sixty years later

Title remainder

a history : the untold story of the wartime race to build the Pentagon--and to restore it sixty years later

Statement of responsibility

Steve Vogel

Creator

• trueVogel, Steve, 1960-
• Vogel, Steve, 1960-

Subject

• trueWashington, D.C. -- History
• trueUnited States, Department of Defense -- Procurement
• trueArts and Entertainment -- Architecture
• trueMilitary architecture -- History
• trueUnited States -- History, Military -- 20th century
• trueUnited States -- History, Military -- 21st century
• truePublic buildings -- Designs and plans
• Public buildings -- United States -- Design and construction | History -- 20th century
• United States, Department of Defense -- Procurement | History
• truePentagon (Va.) -- History
• trueSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
• trueBuildings -- Repair and reconstruction
• Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction | History
• trueHistory Writing -- Wars and conflicts
• trueArchitecture -- Washington, D.C

Genre

• trueHistory Writing
• trueDesigns and plans
• trueArts and Entertainment

Language

eng

Summary

The creation of the Pentagon in seventeen whirlwind months during World War II is one of the great construction feats in American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower, resources, and minds, creating an institution that ranks with a handful of other structures as symbols recognized around the world. In July 1941, the Army construction chief sprang the idea of building a single, huge headquarters that could house the entire War Department, then scattered in seventeen buildings around Washington. The Pentagon's post-World War II history is told through its critical moments, including the troubled birth of the Department of Defense during the Cold War, the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the tumultuous 1967 protest against the Vietnam War. The attack of September 11 is related with new details, as is the race to rebuild the damaged Pentagon, a restoration that echoed the spirit of its creation.--From publisher description

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

355.60973

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

UA26.A745

LC item number

V64 2007

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult