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Theater ABBA returns Film Michael Cuesta's L.I.E. Popular Music A Slice of Heaven Jazz Lady Day and Lady Di ... and more, in the October Preview.
In Post & Riposte: Peace Is Hell Do you find William Langewiesche's description of the Army as overprepared and overequipped reassuring or worrisome in these uncertain times? Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Share you thoughts on Studs Terkel's interviews on death and dying. The Most Beautiful Place in the World What place (or places) do you consider to be the most beautiful in the world? Narnia Under Attack Do you consider some of the messages and attitudes in C. S. Lewis's Narnia Chronicles to be problematic? See the complete forum index. |
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77 North Washington Street by Michael KellyIn This Issue Letters to the Editor INNOCENT BYSTANDER: Out of the Ordinary by Cullen Murphy  Norman, Oklahoma: In Search of the Perfect Storm by Wayne Curtis Addis Ababa: Thanks for Nothing by Joseph Stiglitz Strasbourg: Home Away From home by Michael Z. Wise Livermore, California: New Life for Moore's Law by James Fallows Cair Paravel, Narnia: In Defense of C. S. Lewis by Gregg Easterbrook  Peace Is Hell Every six months the Pentagon sends nearly 4,000 soldiers to Bosnia and brings the same number home. To see see how it's done is to understand why the Pax Americana has stretched the mighty American military to the limit by William Langewiesche JFK's First-Strike Plan During the 1961 Berlin crisis, documents reveal, the Kennedy White House drew up detailed plans for a nuclear first strike against the Soviets by Fred Kaplan Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Interviews with a paramedic, a social worker, an undertaker, and a mother about their experiences with death and dying by Studs Terkel The Language of Life and Death: A Web-only interview with Studs Terkel about his new book, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith.Winter Bale A poem by Robert Wrigley [with audio] Mystery of the Sphinx A poem by Cathy Smith Bowers [with audio] Special Collections Centennial of an Assassination by Richard Rubin Concentration A poem by Linda Bierds Rendezvous A drawing by Guy Billout Popular Girls A short story by Karen Shepard Ask Dave About Tic-Tac-Toe Humor by D. Ellis Dickerson  TRAVEL: The Most Beautiful Place in the World by eight Atlantic contributors MANNERS: Civility vs. Civilité by Alice Furlaud SPORT: Birding at the Edge by John Fitchen  Hustler With a Lyric Voice Savage Beauty, by Nancy Milford; What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, by Daniel Mark Epstein; The Selected Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay, edited by Nancy Milford; reviewed by Thomas Mallon France's Downfall France: The Dark Years 1940-1944, by Julian Jackson, reviewed by Eugen Weber New and Noteworthy A sly and sublime historical novel; disappointing Didion; coming of age in Hollywood An Observer of Catastrophe On Sybille Bedford, by Brooke Allen The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon Word Fugitives by Barbara Wallraff Cover photo by William Langewiesche. All material copyright © 2001 by The Atlantic Monthly Group. All rights reserved. | [an error occurred while processing this directive] | |||
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