In the wake of the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in1954, three Americans came together in a clandestine alliance that would play a major role in establishing Vietnam as an important arena in the Cold-War contest for hearts and minds. The three were Edward Lansdale, the legendary CIA officer who had engineered the defeat of the Communist Huk rebellion in the Philippines; William Lederer, a Navy captain who, along with Eugene Burdick, would go on to coauthor "The Ugly American"; and Thomas Dooley, a Navy doctor who first rose to prominence with a book titled "Deliver Us from Evil" and who would later found Medico. Drawing on primary source material, this monograph establishes the extent of their alliance and their shared commitment to a non-military solution in Vietnam.
Author: Edward F. Palm Ph. D. |
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Publication Date: Sep 09, 2013 |
Number of Pages: 36 pages |
Binding: Paperback or Softback |
ISBN-10: 1492388866 |
ISBN-13: 9781492388869 |