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March 1984 Issue
March 1984 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • Saint Marie
    Louise Erdrich
  • What Men Don't Tell Women
    Roy Blount Jr.
  • Hard-Won Directness
    Lloyd Schwartz
  • A New American Master
    Lloyd Rose
  • Clearheaded Bully
    Paul Fussell
  • How Reagan Got That Way
    Robert Sherrill

A Path Toward Peace

Demythologizing the “foolish question” of who is to rule the world

By George Konrád
March 1984 Issue
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