About the Author

Eugene Burdick was a political scientist and author of The Ugly American, Fail-Safe, and other books. William J. Lederer (1912-2009) was was a former U.S. Navy captain and the co-author of The Ugly American (with Eugene Burdick), The Mirages of Marriage (with Don D. Jackson), and other books.

Reviews

"Slashing.… Draw[s] the reader into a vital subject rarely treated by fiction."
*Time*

"A powerful, searching book."
*Los Angeles Times*