Edward Lansdale, the Unquiet American

Edward Lansdale, the Unquiet American
ISBN-10
1574881760
ISBN-13
9781574881769
Category
Biography & Autobiography / General
Pages
430
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
Brassey's
Author
Cecil B. Currey

Description

The Village Voice called the complex life of U.S. Air Force major general and CIA agent Edward G. Lansdale one of "Technicolor fascination". The maverick military thinker's brilliant counterinsurgency tactics preserved democracy in the Philippines, but his subsequent efforts to create "a broad-based, open society" in Vietnam failed following his return to the United States in 1956. Lansdale later led an undercover organization dedicated to bringing down Fidel Castro. This important biography of the legendary intelligence operative and master of political and psychological warfare is now available as a Brassey's Five-Star Paperback.

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