Eugene Leonard Burdick (December 12, 1918–July 26, 1965) was an American political scientist, novelist, and non-fiction writer, co-author of The Ugly American (1958), Fail-Safe (1962), and author of The 480 (1965).
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He was born in Sheldon, Iowa, the son of Marie Ellerbroek and Jack Dale Burdick.
He was best known as co-author with Eugene Burdick of Fail-Safe, 1962, an early cold war novel that depicted what could easily go wrong in an age on the verge of nuclear war.
The album title makes reference to the bestselling 1958 expose The Ugly American by Eugene Burdick and William J. Lederer.
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The Ugly American is a 1958 political novel by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer upon which a 1963 movie starring Marlon Brando was based.
The Ugly American, a 1958 novel by William Lederer and Eugene Burdick