William J. Lederer, Co-Author of ?The Ugly American,? Dies at 97

Mr. Lederer was a writer and career naval officer who, with Eugene Burdick, wrote ?The Ugly American,? a novel that barely veiled a blistering critique of the nation?s foreign policy in Southeast Asia.

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