Edward Lansdale's Cold War
(Part of the Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond Series)
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The man widely believed to have been the model for Alden Pyle in Graham Greene's The Quiet American, Edward G. Lansdale (1908-1987) was a Cold War celebrity. A former advertising executive turned undercover CIA agent, he was credited during the 1950s with almost single-handedly preventing a communist takeover of the Philippines and with helping to install Ngo Dinh Diem as president of the American-backed government of South Vietnam. Adding...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1558494642
ISBN13:9781558494640
Release Date:November 2005
Publisher:University of Massachusetts Press
Length:302 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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