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by William J. Lederer
About 90 pages (26,845 words)
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The novel, published in 1958, takes place in the early 1950s at the height of the Cold War between the U.S.S.R. and the United States of America. Set primarily in the fictional Asian country of Sarkhan, the struggle between Russian Communists and American Foreign Service personnel plays out battle by battle through examples of military, political and social events. (read more)
      Chapter 1, "Lucky, Lucky Lou #1"
      Chapter 2, "Lucky, Lucky Lou #2"
      Chapter 3, "Nine Friends"
      Chapter 4, "Everybody Loves Joe Bing"
      Chapter 5, "Confidential and Personal"
      Chapter 6, "Employment Opportunities Abroad"
      Chapter 7, "The Girl Who Got Recruited"
      Chapter 8, "The Ambassador and the Working Press"
      Chapter 9, "Everyone Has Ears"
      Chapter 10, "The Ragtime Kid"
      Chapter 11, "The Iron of War"
      Chapter 12, "The Lessons of War"
      Chapter 13, "What Would You Do If You Were President?"
      Chapter 14, "How to Buy an American Junior Grade"
      Chapter 15, "The Six-Foot Swami from Savannah"
      Chapter 16, "Captain Boning, USN"
      Chapter 17, "The Ugly American"
      Chapter 18, "The Ugly American and the Ugly Sarkhanese"
      Chapter 19, "The Bent Backs of Chang 'Dong"
      Chapter 20, "Senator, Sir..."
      Chapter 21, "The Sum of Tiny Things"
      Chapter 22, "A Factual Epilogue"

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