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

by Boot, Max, 1968- author

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

Boot, Max, 1968- author

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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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Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company

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Lansdale, Edward Geary, 1908-1987.

/ United States. Central Intelligence Agency Officials and employees Biography.

/ United States. Air Force Officers Biography.

/ United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. Civil Operations and Rural Development Support Biography.

/ Intelligence officers United States Biography.

/ Generals United States Biography.

/ Vietnam War, 1961-1975 United States Biography.