Eugene Burdick

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Eugene Leonard Burdick (born December 12, 1918 in Sheldon, Iowa ; died July 26, 1965 in Los Angeles ) was an American political scientist and author.

Burdick was co-author of The Ugly American (German: The Ugly American , 1958) and Fail Safe (German: Fire will fall from heaven , 1962). Both novels became bestsellers and models of successful films, The Ugly American with Marlon Brando in the leading role came to the cinema in 1963, Fail Safe as a target in Moscow in 1964, with Henry Fonda in the role of the US President (director: Sidney Lumet ).

Life

At the age of four, Burdick moved to Los Angeles with his parents . He attended Stanford University and the University of Oxford , received his PhD in psychology and worked in the political science department at the University of California . In 1956 his first novel The Ninth Wave was published. In the late 1950s he was one of the earliest members of the Society for General Systems Research. He died of a myocardial infarction in 1965 at the age of 46 .

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  • Log the Man Dead (in: Argosy, May 1953 )

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SURNAME Burdick, Eugene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burdick, Eugene Leonard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author and political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Sheldon (Iowa)
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1965
Place of death los Angeles