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Edward Lansdale's cold war / Jonathan Nashel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nashel, Jonathan, 1961-
- Series:
- Culture, politics, and the Cold War
- Culture, politics, and the cold war
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lansdale, Edward Geary, 1908-1987.
- Lansdale, Edward Geary.
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
- Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.
- Intelligence officers.
- United States.
- United States. Central Intelligence Agency--Officials and employees--Biography.
- Espionage, American.
- Cold War.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 278 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2005]
- Contents:
- Introduction: On the Trail of Edward Lansdale 1
- 1 Confidences 25
- 2 Selling America, Selling Vietnam 49
- 3 The Power of Secrets 77
- 4 The Perils of a Usable Past 104
- 5 Gazing at the Third World 127
- 6 Fictions of Quiet and Ugly Americans 149
- 7 The Half-life of Celebrity 187
- Epilogue: Southeast Asia after Edward Lansdale 208.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-267) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1558494529
- 1558494642
- OCLC:
- 60189498
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