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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (540043)	2/15/2004 1:15:57 PM
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You obviously were born yesterday, or think the rest of us were. What a load of crap! Take your revisionist propaganda elsewhere. Have you ever heard of "The Ugly American"? And later, how about Kennedy's backing of the Diem coup, leaving S. Vietnam leaderless and us in charge? WILLIAM J. LEDERER AND EUGENE BURDICK The Ugly American The multi-million-copy bestseller that coined the phrase for tragic American blunders abroad. 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. Based on fact, the book's eye-opening stories and sketches drew a devastating picture of how the United States was losing the struggle with Communism in Asia. Combining gripping storytelling with an urgent call to action, the book prompted President Eisenhower to launch a study of our military aid program that led the way to much-needed reform. "Powerful and absorbing. . . . Should be required reading in Washington."—Kirkus Reviews "Not only important but consistently entertaining. . . . The attack on American policy in Asia this book makes is clothed in sharp characterizations, frequently humorous incident, and perceptive descriptions of the countries and people where the action occurs."-Robert Trumbull, former chief correspondent for the New York Times in China and Southeast Asia "Seldom has a deadly warning been more entertainingly or convincingly given."—Washington Star -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- William J. Lederer is the author of The Mirages of Marriage (with Don D. Jackson) and other books. Eugene Burdick's other books include Fail-Safe.

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