Edward Lansdale's Cold War |
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| Author:
| Nashel, Jonathan |
| Series title: | Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55849-464-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2005 |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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The man widely believed to have been the model for Alden Pyle in Graham Greene's The Quiet American, Edward G. Lansdale (1908-1987) was a Cold War celebrity. This biography reexamines Lansdale's role as an agent of American Cold War foreign policy and takes into account both his actual activities and the myths that grew to surround him.
The man widely believed to have been the model for Alden Pyle in Graham Greene's The Quiet American, Edward G. Lansdale (1908-1987) was a Cold War celebrity. This biography reexamines Lansdale's role as an agent of American Cold War foreign policy and takes into account both his actual activities and the myths that grew to surround him.