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William J. Lederer (1912–2009)

Autor(a) de The Ugly American

21+ Works 1,792 Membros 30 Críticas

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Obras por William J. Lederer

The Ugly American (1958) 1,287 exemplares
A Nation of Sheep (1961) 179 exemplares
Sarkhan (1959) 108 exemplares
The Mirages of Marriage (1968) 97 exemplares
All the Ship's at Sea (1950) 24 exemplares
Our Own Worst Enemy (1968) 18 exemplares
Ensign O'Toole and me (1957) 13 exemplares
I, Giorghos (1984) 5 exemplares
The Story of Pink Jade (1966) 5 exemplares
Marital Choices (1981) 4 exemplares
Timothy's song (1965) 4 exemplares
Creating a Good Relationship (1984) 3 exemplares

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Nome legal
Lederer, William Julius, Jr
Data de nascimento
1912-03-31
Data de falecimento
2009-12-05
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
New York City, New York, USA
Local de falecimento
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Locais de residência
New York, New York, USA (birth)
Educação
United States Naval Academy (1936)
Ocupações
sailor
journalist
Organizações
US Navy
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Several years before we stepped into Vietnam with the idea of saving democracy, this book foreshadowed our venal weaknesses and hubris. A classic.
 
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ben_r47 | 25 outras críticas | Feb 22, 2024 |
This I read when trying to understand what Viet Nam in the 1960s would be like.
 
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mykl-s | 25 outras críticas | Aug 6, 2023 |
A very loose collection of episodes detailing the interactions of various parts of the American expatriate community and the diplomatic service of the USA with the people and politics of a fictional south East Asian country, Sarkhan. When you are finished with reading it, you are open to understanding why the vietnamese war followed its course to the American defeat. The coutry that such an exploitive and manipulative alliance felt comfortable in creating, was easily prone to any socialist approach to getting rid of the American prescence ASAP. The book remains a telling critique of the American prescence in the world at large. For the rest of us it is a cautionary tale.… (mais)
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DinadansFriend | 25 outras críticas | Oct 3, 2022 |

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Obras
21
Also by
4
Membros
1,792
Popularidade
#14,357
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
30
ISBN
43
Línguas
4

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