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

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

Boot, Max, 1968- (author.).

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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.

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  • ISBN: 9780871409416
  • ISBN: 0871409410
  • ISBN: 9781631495625
  • Physical Description: ll, 717 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018].

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

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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.
Genre: Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.

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