Max Boot on 'The Road Not Taken'

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🗓️ 7 March 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Benjamin Wittes interviews Max Boot on Boot's new book, "The Road Not Taken," for the Hoover Book Soiree.

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0:25.6	no bull and the aftermath.
0:34.0	The big difference is Paul Manafort was in this as far as I can tell for Paul Manafort.
0:38.8	I mean he was in this to make a buck.
0:40.5	He wasn't in this to try to reform Yanukovych or improve life in the Ukraine or to achieve
0:45.8	American foreign policy objectives.
0:47.9	What was Ed Lanzdale in it?
0:49.2	But he was actually in it for the right reasons because he actually wanted to a help his country
0:54.0	and be helped the people of the Philippines and Vietnam, many of whom were his friends.
0:59.0	I'm Matthew Khan and you're listening to the LawFair podcast March 6, 2018.
1:07.4	Though many have closed the book on those who loomed large during the Vietnam War, Max
1:12.7	Boone has penned a new one.
1:15.5	In the road not taken, Boone tells the story of Edward Lanzdale, a military and intelligence
1:21.6	advisor who offered an alternative approach to fighting the Viet Cong.
1:26.5	In a conversation with Benjamin Wittis at the Hoover Books War I, Boone answered questions
1:31.8	about Lanzdale's complex life, his views on Vietnam and how he was different from Paul
1:38.0	Manafort.
1:39.0	It's the LawFair podcast episode 289, Max Boone on the Road Not Taken.
1:48.0	I actually want to start with the surprising feature of this book, which is why write a
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