Edward Lansdale, the Unquiet American

Edward Lansdale, the Unquiet American
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Publisher : Potomac Books
Total Pages : 472
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Download or read book Edward Lansdale, the Unquiet American written by Cecil B. Currey and published by Potomac Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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