The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam
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In this epic biography of Edward Lansdale (1908- 1987), the man said to be the fictional model for Graham Greene's The Quiet American, best-selling historian Max Boot demonstrates how Lansdale pioneered a "hearts and mind" diplomacy, first in the Philippines, then in Vietnam. It was a visionary policy that, as Boot reveals, was ultimately crushed by America's giant military bureaucracy, steered by elitist generals and blueblood diplomats who favored...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0871409410
ISBN13:9780871409416
Release Date:January 2018
Publisher:Liveright Publishing Corporation
Length:768 Pages
Weight:2.83 lbs.
Dimensions:1.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"
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