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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 bureaucrac...
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 bureaucrac...
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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 bureaucrac...
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 bureaucrac...
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