The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam

by Max Boot

Book Overview

In this epic biography of Edward Lansdale (1908- 1987), the man said to be the fictional model for Graham Greene's The Quiet American, best-selling historian Max Boot demonstrates how Lansdale pioneered a "hearts and mind" diplomacy, first in the Philippines, then in Vietnam. It was a visionary policy that, as Boot reveals, was ultimately crushed by America's giant military bureaucracy, steered by elitist generals and blueblood diplomats who favored...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871409410
• ISBN13: 9780871409416
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 768 Pages
• Weight: 2.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"