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Author Boot, Max, 1968- author.

Title The road not taken : Edward Lansdale and the American tragedy in Vietnam / Max Boot.

Publication Info. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  959.7043 BOOT    DUE 04-13-24
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  959.7043 BOOT    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  959.704 BOOT    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  959.704 BOOT    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  959.704 BOO    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  959.704 BOOT    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  959.7043 BOO    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Barney Branch - Adult Department  959.704 BOOT    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  959.704 BOO c.2  Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO LANSDALE    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description l, 715 pages, [24] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [611]-675) and index.
Summary A biography of the CIA operative chronicles his rise and fall as a proponent of a visionary "hearts and minds" diplomacy in Vietnam who was ultimately overruled by the American military bureaucracy, which favored bombs and troop build-ups over winning the people's trust.
Subject Lansdale, Edward Geary, 1908-1987.
Intelligence officers -- United States -- Biography.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
United States. Army -- Biography.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
ISBN 0871409410 (hardcover)
9780871409416 (hardcover)
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