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The Road Not Taken

Af: Max Boot Engelsk Paperback

The Road Not Taken

Af: Max Boot Engelsk Paperback
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''Judicious and absorbing'' New York Times Book Review
In this biography of Edward Lansdale (1908-1987), the man said to be the model for Greene''s The Quiet American, Max Boot demonstrates how Lansdale pioneered a ''hearts and minds'' 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 who favoured napalm bombs over winning the trust of the people.

Through dozens of interviews and access to never-before-seen documents, Boot recasts this cautionary American story, tracing the bold rise and the crashing fall of Lansdale from the battle of Dien Bien Phu to the humiliating American evaculation in 1975. Boot rescues Lansdale from historical ignominy and suggests that Vietnam could have been different had we only listened.

With reverberations that continue to resonate, this is a biography of profound historical consequence.

''Essential reading for students of military policy and the Vietnam conflict'' Kirkus

''A thoroughly engaging and enlightening biography'' Military History Monthly

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''Judicious and absorbing'' New York Times Book Review
In this biography of Edward Lansdale (1908-1987), the man said to be the model for Greene''s The Quiet American, Max Boot demonstrates how Lansdale pioneered a ''hearts and minds'' 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 who favoured napalm bombs over winning the trust of the people.

Through dozens of interviews and access to never-before-seen documents, Boot recasts this cautionary American story, tracing the bold rise and the crashing fall of Lansdale from the battle of Dien Bien Phu to the humiliating American evaculation in 1975. Boot rescues Lansdale from historical ignominy and suggests that Vietnam could have been different had we only listened.

With reverberations that continue to resonate, this is a biography of profound historical consequence.

''Essential reading for students of military policy and the Vietnam conflict'' Kirkus

''A thoroughly engaging and enlightening biography'' Military History Monthly

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 800
ISBN-13: 9781788542685
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1788542681
Kategori: Militærhistorie: konflikter efter anden verdenskrig
Udg. Dato: 1 okt 2020
Længde: 62mm
Bredde: 233mm
Højde: 156mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 1 okt 2020
Forfatter(e): Max Boot
Forfatter(e) Max Boot

Kategori Militærhistorie: konflikter efter anden verdenskrig

ISBN-13 9781788542685

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 800

Udgave

Længde 62mm

Bredde 233mm

Højde 156mm

Udg. Dato 1 okt 2020

Oplagsdato 1 okt 2020

Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC