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

Boot, Max 1968- (author.).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0871409410
ISBN: 9780871409416
Physical Description: L, 717 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-675) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.