The Ugly American Character Analysis

Mr. Lederer and Mr. Burdick wrote the Ugly American many decades ago and it is a story that holds many truths of how we act and operate in today’s society. This fictional work displayed characters that truly understood many of the Special Operation Forces (SOF) imperatives. Louis Krupitzyn, John Colvin and Major Wolchek represented the SOF imperatives of understanding the operational environment, anticipating and controlling psychological effects, operating with and through others, considering the long term effects, facilitating interagency activities, and engaging the threat discriminately. I will combine my own experiences and those of these three characters in The Ugly American. I will demonstrate how the SOF imperatives influenced their behavior and how I approached situations during my time in Special Forces.
As the Russian
He influenced the populace through psychological means. He did this by using overheard information (intelligence) from an American chauffeur that Americans were bringing in 5 tons of rice for the famished populace. Upon keeping his promise to the Chief Abbot, he delivered rice to the famished people of the typhoons wreckage. He promised the people that more rice would be coming soon and that Russia, the friend of Sarkhan, would relieve them of their famine.
He would personally be there to make sure that it would happen. When the American ships and trucks made their delivery of rice, he ordered Communist agents to stencil in Sarkhanese on the bags of rice, “This rice is a gift from Russia.” He spoke through a loudspeaker from the dock during the distribution of the rice, informing the Sarkhanese, that Russia kept her word. Even when the people observed the American flags on the ships and boat, he reiterated to them that America only helped them out with the transportation because they wanted to make