The Ugly American

The Ugly American explained in graphic detail the reasons why American diplomacy was failing in Southeast Asia in the 1950’s and the reasons why communism was succeeding. As a list of events for the struggle for influence in Asia, it caused quite a diplomatic rage. Its lessons seem urgent today because of what is going on in Central America and in the Middle East. Whether the foreign policy mistakes this book overstated have been corrected …

…this book was very interesting to read. It made me feel like I was actually there. The way these authors wrote it told you exactly how everyone acted and their characteristics. It sort of made me think that it was all true. I would suggest one of my friends to read this for a class. It never lost my interests. Only at the beginning I was sort of confused, but over it was pretty good.