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The Ugly American
The Ugly American
Author: William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick
A frightening novel of what really goes on behind the secret, red-tape curtain of American diplomacy. Authentic, infuriating nad explosively candid, this daring best-seller unmasks the blundering of some of our top-level diplomats. It exposes the opportunism, incompetence and cynical deceit that have become imbedded in the fabric of our public r...  more »
ISBN: 260465
Publication Date: 4/1960
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Fawcett Publications
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Quite the book when it came out, although it seems rather simplistic by today's standards. The reference to the ugly American is actually the heroic American in the book, although the phrase has taken on a whole new meaning today.
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