The  Mouse that Roared by Leonard Wibberley
19th printing  August 1959  Bantam Pathfinder Editions
# P4595
Narrative Type  Fiction
Intended Audience  Young Adults, Adults
Vintage
Genre  Humor
Paperback
4.25 x 7 inches, 152 pages

The Tiny Duchy of Grand Fenwick undertakes to rehabilitate its national economy by declaring war on the U.S., since that nation takes tender care of its defeated enemies. The story tells how the Fenwickian invasion Force of 23 longbowmen not only won the war, but seized the newly invented quadium bomb and by virtue of its possession compelled the cessation of the armament race.
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The basis of the 1959 film starring Peter Sellers, this classic cold war satire-cum-parable-cum-political farce was first serialized in the Saturday Evening Post almost 50 years ago, appearing under the title The Day New York Was Invaded. At the time, the U.S. was afraid of a nuclear attack by Russia ? the idea of an attack by a small country was so absurd as to seem comical. Wibberley?s tiny European nation is furious about unfair U.S. trading practices, so they send an army to invade New York City, march up Broadway, and accidentally capture the world?s newest and most destructive bomb. Then they have to figure out what to do with it. A whimsical cross between Kubrick and Kafka, The Mouse That Roared is a quirky classic of world literature, a poignant tale of political morality, and a hilarious, ultimately triumphant portrait of international relations from the perspective of the little guy.