<story><title>The 480</title><url>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_480</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gumby</author><text>Burdock was also one of the authors of “The Ugly American”.&lt;p&gt;Unlike popular usage of that phrase, the “Ugly American” was the &lt;i&gt;hero&lt;/i&gt;, out working with people in the field, not getting dressed up, or showered, and not hanging out in the diplomatic circuit.&lt;p&gt;It was a strong condemnation of the kind of out of touch foreign policy and operations that lead to the viet Nam war and countless foreign policy disasters that have followed since.&lt;p&gt;Written in 1958, discussed widely, and yet made zero impact.</text></comment>
<story><title>The 480</title><url>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_480</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>jimbob45</author><text>Burdick also wrote Fail-Safe, which was essentially the no-nonsense complement to Strangelove. Decent book if you have nothing else to read and you&amp;#x27;re willing to trust a stranger&amp;#x27;s opinion on the internet.</text></comment>