The road not taken : Edward Lansdale and the American tragedy in Vietnam /

The road not taken : Edward Lansdale and the American tragedy in Vietnam /

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'...

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Main Author: Boot, Max, 1968- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Lansdale, Edward Geary, > 1908-1987.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency > Officials and employees > Biography.
United States. > Army > Biography.
Vietnam War (1961-1975)
1961-1975
Intelligence officers > United States > Biography.
Generals > United States > Biography.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States.
Biographies.
Biography.

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