Edward Lansdale, the unquiet American / Cecil B. Currey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Currey, Cecil B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lansdale, Edward Geary, 1908-1987.

Lansdale, Edward Geary.

Generals--United States--Biography.

Generals.

United States.

United States. Army--Biography.

United States. Army.

United States--History, Military--20th century.

History, Military.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 430 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, [D.C.] : Brassey's, 1998.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1988.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [414]-421) and index.

ISBN:

1574881760

OCLC:

38746818