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Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Publication Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
l, 717 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
"The legendary Edward Lansdale (1908-1987), a covert operative so roguish that he was said to be the model for Graham Greene's The Quiet American, remains...
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