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THE BUG: An amusement
Burr's first novel, The Bug is a semi-autobiographical novel ranging across time and geography surrounding the investigation into the discovery of a listening device discovered in the most senior briefing room in the State Department headquarters in Washington. It touches aspects of history, culture and international intrigue lived and fictionalized by a most active mind.
J. Millard J. Millard Burr was for a period of time Acting Geographer of the United States at the U.S. Department of State. His international career began in Latin America as a businessman who moved to development work in Central and South America, Egypt and Vietnam. After returning for a PhD in Geography, Burr headed to Washington, D.C., where he spent almost 20 years in various positions as Special Assistant to The Geographer, intelligence analyst, MFO observer in the Sinai, diplomat in Paraguay, and USAID coordinator in Sudan. The Bug is the first of 22 novels.
"The authors graphically recount how the attempts of international and humanitarian organizations to provide food and medical relief have been thwarted by bureaucratic infighting, corruption, greed, and ineptitude ... " Jacket of Requiem for Sudan (1995)
"A lively, detailed, and informative study that focuses on the influence of neighboring states on Chad's long civil war." Review of Africa's Thirty Years' War (1999). Reviewed by Gail M. Gerhart.
"This ground-breaking book is the first to piece together, from a vast array of sources, the secret and complex financial systems that support terror." Jacket of Alms for Jihad (2006)
"[T]his is indeed the prehistory of Darfur's tragedy, and it is essential, if difficult, reading for any serious student of the crisis." Alex de Waal, 2008 review of The long road to disaster (2006).
J. Millard J. Millard Burr was for a period of time Acting Geographer of the United States at the U.S. Department of State. His international career began in Latin America as a businessman who moved to development work in Central and South America, Egypt and Vietnam. After returning for a PhD in Geography, Burr headed to Washington, D.C., where he spent almost 20 years in various positions as Special Assistant to The Geographer, intelligence analyst, MFO observer in the Sinai, diplomat in Paraguay, and USAID coordinator in Sudan. The Bug is the first of 22 novels.
"The authors graphically recount how the attempts of international and humanitarian organizations to provide food and medical relief have been thwarted by bureaucratic infighting, corruption, greed, and ineptitude ... " Jacket of Requiem for Sudan (1995)
"A lively, detailed, and informative study that focuses on the influence of neighboring states on Chad's long civil war." Review of Africa's Thirty Years' War (1999). Reviewed by Gail M. Gerhart.
"This ground-breaking book is the first to piece together, from a vast array of sources, the secret and complex financial systems that support terror." Jacket of Alms for Jihad (2006)
"[T]his is indeed the prehistory of Darfur's tragedy, and it is essential, if difficult, reading for any serious student of the crisis." Alex de Waal, 2008 review of The long road to disaster (2006).
619 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 4, 2024
About the author
J. Millard Burr
8 books1 followerJ. Millard Burr is a former coordinator for Operation Lifeline Sudan. He is co author with Robert O. Collins of "Darfur: The Long Road to Disaster".
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