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The Ideal Man - The Tragedy of Jim Thompson and the American Way of War (Paperback)
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The Ideal Man - The Tragedy of Jim Thompson and the American Way of War (Paperback)
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List price R428
Loot Price R375
Discovery Miles 3 750
You Save R53 (12%)
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How the West's greatest spy in Asia tried to stop the new American
way of war—and the steep price he paid for failingJim Thompson
landed in Thailand at the end of World War II, a former American
society dilettante who became an Asian legend as a spy and silk
magnate with access to Thai worlds outsiders never saw. As the Cold
War reached Thailand, America had a choice: Should it, as Thompson
believed, help other nations build democracies from their
traditional cultures or, as his ex-OSS friend Willis Bird argued,
remake the world through deception and self-serving alliances? In a
story rich with insights and intrigue, this book explores a key
Cold War episode that is still playing out today. Highlights a
pivotal moment in Cold War history that set a course for American
foreign policy that is still being followed today Explores the
dynamics that put Thailand at the center of the Cold War and the
fighting in neighboring Laos that escalated from sideshow to the
largest covert operation America had ever engaged in Draws on
personal recollections and includes atmospheric details that bring
the people, events—and the Thailand of the time—to life Written
by a journalist with extensive experience in Asian affairs who has
spent years investigating every aspect of this story, including
Thompson's tragic disappearance
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