William J. Lederer Poradie kníh
31. marec 1912 – 5. december 2009
William Julius Lederer bol americký autor, ktorého bestseller kritizoval americké diplomatické snahy v juhovýchodnej Ázii. Tvrdil, že americkí predstavitelia by mohli mať vplyv, ak by sa naučili miestne jazyky a zvyky. Ak by však americká politika ignorovala tieto lekcie, juhovýchodná Ázia by padla pod vplyv Sovietskeho zväzu alebo Číny.
- 1974
- 1958
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. In linked stories and vignettes set in the fictional nation of Sarkhan, William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick draw an incisive portrait of American foreign policy gone dangerously wrong—and how it might be fixed.Eerily relevant sixty years after its initial publication, The Ugly American reminds us that “today, as the battle for hearts and minds has shifted to the Middle East, we still can’t speak Sarkhanese” (New York Times).
