The Ideal Man: The Tragedy of Jim Thompson and the American Way of War - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Trade Paper PressISBN-13:9780470086216ISBN-10:470086211UPC:9780470086216Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Business, Intelligence & Espionage, AsiaBook Topic:Southeast AsiaSize:10.12 x 6.63 x 0.91 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCT25NHR8Z
The Ideal Man: The Tragedy of Jim Thompson and the American Way of War
How the West's greatest spy in Asia tried to stop the new American way of war--and the steep price he paid for failing
Jim 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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Trade Paper PressISBN-13:9780470086216ISBN-10:470086211UPC:9780470086216Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Business, Intelligence & Espionage, AsiaBook Topic:Southeast AsiaSize:10.12 x 6.63 x 0.91 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCT25NHR8Z
JOSHUA KURLANTZICK writes regularly about Asia for "Newsweek" and the "New Republic." He also contributes to "Mother Jones," the London "Review of Books," the "New York Times," "Foreign Policy," the "Atlantic," and "Time." In 2007, Yale University Press published his book on China's soft power, "Charm Offensive."
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