novel "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer (for his film adaptation)

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The novel "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer is a Cold War–era political satire that critiques American diplomatic arrogance and cultural insensitivity in Southeast Asia.

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instanceOf film
novel
author Eugene Burdick
William Lederer
basedOn The Ugly American
countryOfOrigin United States
United States
genre Cold War fiction
political drama film
political novel
satirical novel
hasAdaptation The Ugly American (1963 film)
linked to: The Ugly American
influenced debate on U.S. diplomacy in Asia
debate on U.S. foreign aid
language English
English
mainSubject American diplomacy in Southeast Asia
American foreign policy
Cold War
Southeast Asia
diplomacy
mediaType print
publicationDate 1958
publisher W. W. Norton & Company
releaseDate 1963
setting fictional Southeast Asian country
theme American diplomatic arrogance
anti-communism
cultural insensitivity
cultural understanding

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George Englund basedOn novel "The Ugly American" by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer (for his film adaptation)