The road not taken : Edward Lansdale and the American tragedy in Vietnam
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- ISBN: 9780871409430
- ISBN: 0871409437
- ISBN: 0871409410
- ISBN: 9780871409416
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1 online resource (l, 715 pages) : illustrations. - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 611-675) and index. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Electronic resources
- Baker & Taylor
In chronicling the adventurous life of legendary CIA operative Edward Lansdale, the author aims to reframe readers' understanding of the Vietnam War. By theNew York Times best-selling author of Invisible Armies . - WW Norton
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (Biography)
A New York Times bestseller, this 'epic and elegant' biography (Wall Street Journal) profoundly recasts our understanding of the Vietnam War.Praised as a 'superb scholarly achievement' (Foreign Policy), The Road Not Taken confirms Max Boot's role as a 'master chronicler' (Washington Times) of American military affairs. Through dozens of interviews and never-before-seen documents, Boot rescues Edward Lansdale (1908'1987) from historical ignominy to 'restore a sense of proportion' to this 'political Svengali, or 'Lawrence of Asia' '(The New Yorker). Boot demonstrates how Lansdale, the man said to be the fictional model for Graham Greene's The Quiet American, pioneered a 'hearts and minds' diplomacy, first in the Philippines and then in Vietnam. Bringing a tragic complexity to Lansdale and a nuanced analysis to his visionary foreign policy, Boot suggests Vietnam could have been different had we only listened.
With contemporary reverberations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, The Road Not Taken is a 'judicious and absorbing' (New York Times Book Review) biography of lasting historical consequence.
- WW Norton
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (Biography)
A New York Times bestseller, this âepic and elegantâ biography (Wall Street Journal) profoundly recasts our understanding of the Vietnam War.Praised as a âsuperb scholarly achievementâ (Foreign Policy), The Road Not Taken confirms Max Bootâs role as a âmaster chroniclerâ (Washington Times) of American military affairs. Through dozens of interviews and never-before-seen documents, Boot rescues Edward Lansdale (1908â1987) from historical ignominy to ârestore a sense of proportionâ to this âpolitical Svengali, or âLawrence of Asiaâ â(The New Yorker). Boot demonstrates how Lansdale, the man said to be the fictional model for Graham Greeneâs The Quiet American, pioneered a âhearts and mindsâ diplomacy, first in the Philippines and then in Vietnam. Bringing a tragic complexity to Lansdale and a nuanced analysis to his visionary foreign policy, Boot suggests Vietnam could have been different had we only listened.
With contemporary reverberations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria, The Road Not Taken is a âjudicious and absorbingâ (New York Times Book Review) biography of lasting historical consequence.