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Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Historian Max Boot demonstrates how Edward 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 Americas giant military bureaucracy, steered by elitist generals and blueblood diplomats who favored troop build-ups and napalm bombs over winning the trust of the people. Boot recasts this American story, tracing the bold rise and the...
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