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Boot, Max

Summary: A biography of Edward Lansdale, the CIA operative. Boot 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. "The legendary Edward Lansdale (1908-1987), a covert operative so roguish that he was said to be the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LANSDALE, EDWARD BOO

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: B LANDSDALE BOO

Boot, Max

1 hold on 3 copies

Summary: "Son of the Midwest, movie star, and mesmerizing politician--America's fortieth president comes to three-dimensional life in this gripping and profoundly revisionist biography. In this "monumental and impressive" biography, Max Boot, the distinguished political columnist, illuminates the untold story of Ronald Reagan, revealing the man behind the mythology. Drawing on interviews with over one...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company 2024

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 REAGAN, RONALD BOO
1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE

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