The Road Not Taken by Boot, Max -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Contents Maps Dramatis Personae Prologue: The Day of the Dead: Saigon, November 1–2, 1963 Introduction: The Misunderstood Man Part One • Ad Man (1908–1945)

1. In Terrific Flux 2. Enfant Terrible 3. An Institution Run by Its Inmates

Part Two • Colonel Landslide (1945–1954)

4. The Time of His Life 5. In Love and War 6. The Knights Templar 7. “A Most Difficult and Delicate Problem” 8. “All-Out Force or All-Out Friendship” 9. The Power Broker 10. “A Real Vindication”

Part Three • Nation Builder (1954–1956)

11. La Guerre sans Fronts 12. A Fortress Falls 13. “I Am Ngo Dinh Diem” 14. The Chopstick Torture 15. Pacification 16. The Viper’s Nest 17. “Stop Calling Me Papa!”

Part Four • Washington Warrior (1957–1963)

18. Heartbreak Hotel 19. Guerrilla Guru 20. A New War Begins 21. The Ambassador Who Never Was 22. “The X Factor” 23. “Worms of the World Unite” 24. “Washington at Its Nuttiest”

Part Five • Bastard Child (1964–1968)

25. “A Hell of a Mess” 26. “Concept for Victory” 27. Escalation 28. The Impossible Missions Force 29. Waging Peace in a Time of War 30. To Stay or to Go? 31. Waiting for the Second Coming 32. The Long Goodbye

Part Six • The Beaten Man (1968–1987)

33. The War at Home 34. A Defeat in Disguise 35. The Abandoned Ally 36. The Family Jewels 37. The End of the Road

Afterword: Lansdalism in the Twenty-First Century Illustrations Acknowledgments Notes Select Bibliography Index About the Author Also by Max Boot Copyright