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- Birth nameEugene Leonard Burdick
- Eugene Burdick was born on December 12, 1918 in Sheldon, Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for Fail Safe (1964), The Ugly American (1963) and Fail-Safe. He was married to Carol Warren. He died on July 26, 1965.
- SpouseCarol Warren(July 3, 1942 - ?) (3 children)
- He was a decorated naval officer and a teacher at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
- Served in the U.S. Navy in World War II.
- Owned property near Tahiti.
- Died on a tennis court after winning the game.
- "Sarkhan", the sequel to his successful novel "The Ugly American", was suppressed by the CIA because its plot described an ongoing CIA operation in Southeast Asia. The CIA thought Burdick and his co-author, William J. Lederer, had gained access to top-secret documents. In actuality, the authors had made it all up.
- [about his book "Fail-Safe", regarding a breakdown in military communications that results in an American nuclear attack on the Soviet Union] I believe it to be inevitable under the circumstances. That is why we [co-author Harvey Wheeler] wrote this book. I don't know of a scientist who has a direct knowledge of "fail-safe" who isn't worried. This is something people ought to know.
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