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

William J. Lederer, a writer and career naval officer who, with Eugene Burdick, wrote ''The Ugly American,'' a novel that was among the first books to deal with American involvement in Southeast Asia and that barely veiled a blistering critique of the nation's foreign policy there, died on Dec. 5 in Baltimore. He was 97. The cause was respiratory read more >>

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

William J. Lederer, a writer and career naval officer who, with Eugene Burdick, wrote ''The Ugly American,'' a novel that was among the first books to deal with American involvement in Southeast Asia and that barely veiled a blistering critique of the nation's foreign policy there, died on Dec. 5 in Baltimore. He was 97. The cause was respiratory read more >>

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

William J. Lederer, a writer and career naval officer who, with Eugene Burdick, wrote ''The Ugly American,'' a novel that was among the first books to deal with American involvement in Southeast Asia and that barely veiled a blistering critique of the nation's foreign policy there, died on Dec. 5 in Baltimore. He was 97. The cause was respiratory read more >>