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Jan 14, 2010 · William J. Lederer, a writer and career naval officer who, with Eugene Burdick, wrote “The Ugly American,” a novel that was among the first books to deal with American involvement in Southeast...
William Julius Lederer, Jr. (March 31, 1912 – December 5, 2009) was an American author and naval officer. [3] Biography. U.S. Navy service. After dropping out of high school, Lederer enlisted in the United States Navy in 1930. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1936.
Dec 5, 2009 · William Julius Lederer, Jr. was an American author. He was a US Naval Academy graduate in 1936. His first appointment was as the junior officer of a river gunboat on the Yangtze River. His best selling work, 1958's The Ugly American, was one of several novels co-written with Eugene Burdick.
The Ugly American is a 1958 political novel by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer that depicts the failures of the U.S. diplomatic corps in Southeast Asia. The book caused a sensation in diplomatic circles and had major political implications.
William J. Lederer, Eugene Burdick. 4.06. 4,773 ratings529 reviews. A piercing exposé of American incompetence and corruption in Southeast Asia, The Ugly American captivated the nation when it was first published in 1958.
The Ugly American, novel by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick, published in 1958. A fictionalized account of Americans working in Southeast Asia, the book was notable chiefly for exposing many of the deficiencies in U.S. foreign-aid policy and for causing a furor in government circles.
The multi-million-copy bestseller that blends truth and fiction in a “devastating indictment of American policy” (<em>New York Times Book Review</em>)., The Ugly American, Eugene Burdick, William J Lederer, 9780393356724.
