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

by Max Boot

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631495623
• ISBN13: 9781631495625
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 768 Pages
• Weight: 2.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"