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August 1984 Issue
August 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.
  • The Airplane That Doesn’t Cost Enough
    Gregg Easterbrook
  • Boxer With a Future
    G. A. Taubes
  • Loose Talk About Nuclear Power
    Richard Wilson
  • An Obscure Life
    Phyllis Rosk
  • The Nightmare of Reason: A Life of Franz Kafka
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Magnificence and Misery
    Phoebe-Lou Adams

Brazil: A New Giant in the Arms Industry

Exporting arms has proven the key to trade surpluses and growing political power

By John Hoyt Williams
August 1984 Issue
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