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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.
The Ugly American is a 1963 American adventure film directed by George Englund, written by Stewart Stern, and starring Marlon Brando, Sandra Church, Eiji Okada, Pat Hingle, Judson Pratt, Reiko Sato, and Arthur Hill.
The Ugly American: Directed by George Englund. With Marlon Brando, Eiji Okada, Sandra Church, Pat Hingle. An ambitious American scholar becomes the ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war is brewing.
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The Ugly American is a story about Americans living and working in the fictional South East Asian nation of Sarkhan. Written in 1958, it is a critique of American foreign policy—specifically the work of embassies and expats abroad.
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 book introduces readers to an unlikely hero in the titular “ugly American”―and to the ignorant politicians and arrogant ambassadors who ignore his empathetic and commonsense advice.
American engineer Homer Atkins and his wife, Emma, move to a poor rural village in Sarkhan. The villagers struggle to irrigate their crops, since they live on high hillsides and must haul water up the hill from a creek far below.
First published in 1958, The Ugly American became a runaway national bestseller for its slashing exposé of American arrogance, incompetence, and corruption in Southeast Asia. In linked stories and vignettes, the book uses gripping storytelling to draw a devastating picture of how the United States was losing the struggle with Communism in Asia.
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” ( New York Times Book Review )., The Ugly American, Eugene Burdick, William J Lederer, 9780393356724