04-04-2013, 05:46 PM
RgrF wrote:The "ugly American" of the book title fundamentally refers to the plain-looking engineer Atkins, who lives with the local people, who comes to understand their needs, and who offers genuinely useful assistance with small-scale projects such as the development of a simple bicycle-powered water pump. It is argued in the book that the Communists are successful because they practice tactics similar to those of Atkins.
The phrase "Ugly American" didn't just spontaneously create itself from nothing.
Just so's ya know.