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Author:

Boot, Max, 1968- author.

Title:

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

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Liveright Publishing Corporationa division of W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

l, 715 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Lansdale, Edward Geary,--1908-1987.
United States.--Central Intelligence Agency--Officials and employees--Biography.
United States.--Army--Biography.
Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.
Generals--United States--Biography.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-675) and index.

Summary:

A biography of the CIA operative 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.

ISBN:

9780871409416
0871409410

OCLC:

(OCoLC)988278087

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