Volume 299 No. 5 | June 2007
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With Rumsfeld and Powell gone, and Cheney’s power diminished, this is Condoleezza Rice’s moment. Can she salvage America’s standing in the Middle East—and defuse the threat of a nuclear Iran? Behind the curtain in Washington and Jerusalem with the secretary of state
by David Samuels
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INTERVIEWS
David Samuels, author of "Grand Illusions," discusses his travels with Condoleezza Rice and her ambitious efforts to secure peace in the Middle East
by Jennie Rothenberg
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INTERVIEWS
Author David Samuels interviews former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, and George Schultz
And other ingenious acts of cyber-vengeance
by Ron Rosenbaum
To fight today’s wars with an all-volunteer force, the U.S. Army needs more quick-thinking, strong, highly disciplined soldiers. But creating warriors out of the softest, least-willing populace in generations has required sweeping changes in basic training.
by Brian Mockenhaupt
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INTERVIEWS
Brian Mockenhaupt talks about the men and women who enter basic training today, and how the Army has adapted to meet their needs.
by Justine Isola
150 YEARS OF THE ATLANTIC
This is the 16th in a series of archival excerpts in honor of the magazine’s 150th anniversary.
POETRY
[with audio]
by Darcie Dennigan
COMMENT
Maybe it’s time to stop calling America the “land of opportunity.”
by Clive Crook
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FLASHBACKS
Articles by Eleanor Roosevelt and others take up the question of what constitutes the American ideal
by Jonas Clark
Hurricane futures; the Swiss at sea; Bill Gates finally graduates
Compiled by Matthew Quirk
THE WORLD IN NUMBERS
Will Internet bootleggers kill Hollywood, or make it stronger?
by Matthew Quirk
Our dynastic Congress; the chess gender gap; surgeons who love Nintendo
POLL
The Atlantic recently asked a group of foreign-policy authorities about the future of Afghanistan.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
The Saudi government is betting that instead of just locking terrorists away, it can reform them.
by Terrence Henry
At home with the modernists
by Benjamin Schwarz
The most exhaustive book yet written about the Kennedy assassination should lay the conspiracy theories to rest once and for all—but it won’t.
by Thomas Mallon
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INTERVIEWS
Thomas Mallon talks about JFK conspiracy theories and a new book that places the blame squarely on Lee Harvey Oswald.
by Jessica Pavone
Primo Levi’s Holocaust memoirs stand among the best literature of the 20th century, but his greatest creation was himself.
by Mona Simpson
Gertrude Bell scaled the Alps, mapped Arabia, and midwifed the modern Middle East.
by Christopher Hitchens
A guide to additional releases: a raft of Kissingeria; Robert E. Lee's letters; Penelope Lively's new novel; and more
CULTURE AND COMMERCE
The color of a house is a sign of owner individuality—and a test of neighborhood tolerance.
by Virginia Postrel
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SIDEBAR
Virginia Postrel tells the tale of how an enterprising first-time publisher gave the beloved children's book Mr. Pine a second life.
by Virginia Postrel
TECHNOLOGY
Computers may not be able to make decisions for you (yet), but they can sharpen your judgment.
by James Fallows
CONTENT
Publishers and authors should stop cowering; Google is less likely to destroy the book business than to slingshot it into the 21st century.
by Michael Hirschorn
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THE PUZZLER
by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Dubious distinctions; the F-word
by Barbara Wallraff
