The road not taken : Edward Lansdale and the American tragedy in Vietnam / Max Boot.
Title:
The road not taken : Edward Lansdale and the American tragedy in Vietnam / Max Boot.
ISBN:
9780871409416
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Physical Description:
l, 717 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents:
Prologue: The day of the dead: Saigon, November 1-2, 1963 -- Introduction: The misunderstood man -- Ad man (1908-1945) -- Colonel Landslide (1945-1954) -- National builder (1954-1956) -- Washington warrior (1957-1963) -- Bastard child (1964-1968) -- The beaten man (1968-1987) -- Afterword: Landalism in the twenty-first century.
Summary:
A biography of Edward Lansdale, the CIA operative. Boot chronicles his rise and fall as a proponent of a visionary "hearts and minds" diplomacy in Vietnam who was ultimately overruled by the American military bureaucracy, which favored bombs and troop build-ups over winning the people's trust.
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OCLC Number:
ocn988278087
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