{"product_id":"ikes-mystery-man-peter-shinkle-9781586423148","title":"Ike's Mystery Man: The Secret Lives of Robert Cutler","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Cold War, The Lavender Scare, and the Untold Story of Eisenhower's First National Security Advisor.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresident Eisenhower's National Security Advisor Robert \"Bobby\" Cutler -- working alongside Ike and also the Dulles brothers at the CIA and State Department -- shaped US Cold War strategy in far more consequential ways than previously understood. A lifelong Republican, Cutler also served three Democratic presidents. A charming raconteur, he was a tight-lipped loyalist who worked behind the scenes to get things done. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCutler was in love with a man half his age, naval intelligence officer and 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis gripping account reveals in fascinating detail Cutler's intimate thoughts and feelings about US efforts to confront Soviet expansion and aggression while having to contend with the reality that tens of millions of people would die in a first nuclear strike, and that a full nuclear exchange would likely lead to human extinction. And Shinkle recounts with sensitivity the daily challenges and personal dramas of a small but representative group or patriotic gay men who were forced to hide essential aspects of who they were in order to serve a president they admired and a country they loved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Shinkle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1586423142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781586423148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steerforth Press \/ Truth to Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.50d","brand":"Peter Shinkle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995952873727,"sku":"9781586423148","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e32db94-4363-4cdd-ba0f-9088b748e63d.jpg?v=1683338837","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ikes-mystery-man-peter-shinkle-9781586423148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}