The ugly American / William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick.

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Homer Atkins is sent by the U.S. government to handled engineering projects in the Southeast Asian country of Sarkhan, and when he challenges the entrenched interests over priorities, he finds himself embroiled in controversy. Lederer and Burdick's fictional diplomat laid bare allegations of America...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lederer, William J., 1912-2009
Other Authors:	Burdick, Eugene
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton, 1999.
Subjects:	United States > Foreign relations > Fiction. Americans > Foreign countries > Fiction. Diplomats > Fiction. Political fiction. Americans > Foreign countries. Diplomatic relations. Diplomats. United States. Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld. Außenpolitik. Südostasien. Political fiction, American. Fiction.
Genre:	Fiction. Political fiction, American. Political fiction.
Physical Description:	285 pages ; 21 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Lucky, lucky Lou #1
Lucky, lucky Lou #2
Nine friends
Everybody loves Joe Bing
Confidential and personal
Employment opportunities abroad
The girl who got recruited
The ambassador and the working press
Everyone has ears
The ragtime kid
The iron of war
The lessons of war
What would you do if you were President?
How to buy an American junior grade
The six-foot swami from Savannah
Captain Boning, USN
The ugly American
The ugly American and the ugly Sarkhanese
The bent backs of Chang 'Dong
Senator, sir ...
The sum of tiny things
A factual epilogue.