The Ideal Man: The Tragedy of Jim Thompson and the American Way of War

by Joshua Kurlantzick

Book Overview

How the West's greatest spy in Asia tried to stop the new American way of war--and the steep price he paid for failing Jim Thompson landed in Thailand at the end of World War II, a former American... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470086211
• ISBN13: 9780470086216
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 10.1"