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In the Midst of Wars: An American's Mission to Southeast Asia 2nd ed. Edition

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Edward Geary Lansdale (1908-1987) truly became a legend in his own time. His mission to the Philippines in the early 1950s as an Air Force officer and CIA agent resulted in the defeat of the communist-led Hukbalahap movement and the subsequent election of Ramon Magsayay, arguably the most popular president that the people of the Philippines have known.
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    0823213145
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    978-0823213146
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    2nd ed.
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    Fordham University Press
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    January 1, 1991
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    8.5 x 1.1 x 5.6 inches
  8. Print length
    385 pages
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“A fascinating story of counterinsurgency and counter intelligence. . . . His account has the freshness of firsthand observation.” ― ―Library Journal

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“A fascinating story of counterinsurgency and counter intelligence. . . . His account has the freshness of firsthand observation.” ― ―Library Journal

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fordham University Press; 2nd ed. edition (January 1, 1991)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 385 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0823213145
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0823213146
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 1.1 x 5.6 inches
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  • J. Barr
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great study of how to fight and not fight insurgencies
    Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2006
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    Lansdale's book is one of those forgotten treasures for those studying insurgent warfare strategy. General Lansdale had an enormous fund of experience, contacts, and cultural knowledge of the Phillipines and his memoir about his role in defeating the Huk insurgency in 1950 tells us a lot about all the RIGHT things to do. Small footprint, work with and cultivate local leaders, disingage the population from the insurgents...all of this takes enormous personal communication skill and rapport along with the common sense of a beat cop. If anything, you'll learn that not everyone in the military is cut out for fighting insurgent warfare. After his success in in the Phillipines he was sent to Vietnam while the French were getting ready to pull out in 1954-1955. He details what the French had done wrong and how some of the French officers "got it" but unfortunately didn't have the support of superiors...something important to remember. Landsdale outlines the situation so that you can tell without his saying so, just when the point of no return for the French had been reached. This is not only a great book about insurgent warfare strategy but just a great read as well. No long drawn out tales of "there I was facing 50 insurgents armed with just my pocket knife" just a recitation of real events as he experienced them, including the not so exciting but essential grunt work insurgent warfare calls for. If you can find a copy...get it.
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  • Amy Maniola
    5.0 out of 5 stars Eye-Opening
    Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2022
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    The fascinating and well-written memoir of a true patriot
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  • Nosretap
    4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing Life
    Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2021
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    Ed Lansdale led an extraordinary and productive life in the Philippines and in Vietnam (and largely unrecognized). In my view he was 100% right in his approach when working behind the scenes with Magsaysay and Diem - essentially that the local populations had to be convinced of necessary changes which then had to implemented by the countries own leaders. He understood that patent foreign intervention only invites dissension, something which past US administrations failed and continue to fail to appreciate. Money and blind imposition of US norms and practices only provokes resentment.

    Lansdale's memoirs of his time in both countries is not a literary masterpiece but it worth reading reading for those who have or want to understand the political situation in both countries in the early and mid 50's. It is a pity Lansdale did not tell us more about his other experiences nor, due to official secrecy restrictions, the details of some his exploits in the Philippines and Vietnam.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Gen. Edward Landsdale was one of the most interesting ...
    Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2017
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    Gen. Edward Landsdale was one of the most interesting and often overlooked, major but subtle players, in the reformation of the Philippines after WWII and was instrumental in providing powerful insight and nontraditional warfare tactics during Vietnam and in the early days of the CIA.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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  • Christian Potholm
    5.0 out of 5 stars In Media Res
    Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2013
    In Medias Res" William Lansdale, In the Midst of Wars: An American's Mission to Southeast Asia (New York: Fordham University Press, 1991). An amazing account of a man at the center of governmental counter-insurgency in the Philippines and in the early (and later) stages of American involvement in the Vietnam War. Modest and self-effacing (although with an occasional whiff of "post hoc, ergo propter hoc") despite a lengthy career in the OSS, the U.S. Air Force and CIA, Lansdale believed that the secret to counter-insurgency was adherence to, and promotion of, the American ideals of the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence and by stressing true democratic values, ideas and processes. His emphasis on the avoidance of venality in government, civic action, clean water, local defense and soldiers as "brothers" to the villagers, freedom of political expression all ring true as important ingredients in . I also like his saying that the best weapon against a guerrilla is a knife and the worst, an airplane. Lansdale clearly distrusted the later American emphasis on raw military power as an end in and of itself. Lansdale finally served as a special assistant to the American Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge from 1965-1968. It is important to realize how much even attempting Lansdale's prescriptions for successful counter-insurgency depend on the quality of leadership available to those implementing reforms. For example, compare the man of the people, "on the stump" style of Ramon Magsaysay in the Philippines with that of the "Emperor," Boa Dia, in Vietnam who attempted to run that country from the French Riviera, eventually appointing Ngo Dinh Diem as Prime Minister in 1954. Anyone interested in truly understanding the course of the Vietnam War (as well as its many "might have beens") should read this illuminating volume.
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  • Gwynevere Nghiem
    5.0 out of 5 stars the Truth about Ngo Dinh Diem from someone who know him best
    Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2000
    This book is one of the best I have read so far. The first half of the book was about Lansdale in Philippine as an advisor to Phillipine's president at the time. I have been researching a lot into the period that the second half of this particular book covered. The author (Lansdale) had been very honest when he wrote this book, a must read for anyone with questions about what happpened in Vietnam in the time period from 1954 to 1960. I finally read something that had something positive about President Ngo Dinh Diem. This book tell the truth about Ngo Dinh Diem from someone who know him best because Lansdale had acted as Diem's political advisor and best friend. The book is a first hand account (sort of like a memoir) of someone who were actually there, and witnessed every ordeal that had happened. A fine book if you wanted to read something truthful. You don't have to believe me, so I will stop now so you can go ahead and read this wonderful book. By the way, have fun reading :) :) Gwynevere
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