{"product_id":"the-ugly-american","title":"The Ugly American","description":"The multi-million-copy bestseller that coined the phrase for tragic American blunders abroad.\nIn the episode that lends the book its title, the \"ugly American\" is Homer Atkins, a plain and plain-spoken man, who has been sent by the U.S. government to advise the Southeast Asian country of Sarkhan on engineering projects. When Atkins finds badly misplaced priorities and bluntly challenges the entrenched interests, he lays bare a foreign policy gone dangerously wrong.\nFirst 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0393318672\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0393318672.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Burdick, Eugene|Lederer, William J.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41466028851258,"sku":"DBV.0393318672.G","price":5.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0393318672-0.jpg?v=1781373170","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-ugly-american","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}