The Ninth Wave, published in 1956, follows a political campaign complete with then cutting-edge innovations of opinion polling, computers and the use of campaign consultants. Though we now know – even in a world of Facebook and Obama – that data and numbers can't quite predict and control political outcomes in the way the book lays out, the world has turned out close enough to Burdick's picture of the future to make The Ninth Wave a prescient and still relevant story, and one that should b...

From the New York Times–bestselling authors, this "chilling and engrossing" nuclear-showdown thriller packs "a multi-megaton wallop" ( Chicago Tribune).Originally published during the Cuban Missile Crisis, this suspenseful novel takes off as a group of American bombers—armed with a deadly payload of nuclear weapons—heads towards Moscow, their motives unknown. Suddenly, a nuclear apocalypse looms closer than it ever has, and the lives of millions d...

The Ugly American, novel by William J. Lederer and Eugene Burdick, published in 1958. A fictionalized account of Americans working in Southeast Asia, the book was notable chiefly for exposing many of the deficiencies in U.S. foreign-aid policy and for causing a furor in government circles. Eventually the uproar led to a congressional review of foreign aid. Although some of the novelís characters are committed to the local people, many others are incompetent and out of touch with and ill-in...

Released not long after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, in the run-up to the 1964 national election, Eugene Burdick’s blockbuster political novel, The 480, foresaw the rise of social media and twenty-first century analytical data manipulation, the use of computer-generated voter profiles to shape—for better or for worse—the outcome of a major national election. Burdick—coauthor of The Ugly American and Fail-Safe—was a true socio-political visionary, ah...

Amerika Birleşik Devletleri'nin Vietnam, Laos, Kuzey Kore gibi Asya ülkelerindeki diplomatik hatalarını, diplomatların nasıl aptalca çalıştıklarını, bu ülkelerin konümizmin kucağına nasıl itildiğini anlatan nefis bir eser.. İki Amerikalı yazar, Sarhan ismini verdikleri hayali bir ülkede cereyan eden olayları akıcı bir üslupla anlatıyorlar. Budist ve Müslüman halkın yaşantıları, katlandıkları güçlükler, duyulmamış işkence biçimleri bu eserde...(Arka Kapak)İnce Kapak: