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July 1985 Issue
July 1985 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.
  • Making Sense of Agriculture
    Gregg Easterbrook
  • Van Gogh in Arles
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Agatha Christie
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • The Water House
  • The Water House
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Voices of the Old Sea
    Phoebe-Lou Adams

Reducing the Risk of Nuclear War

Geneva can be a giant step toward a more secure twenty-first century

By Robert S. Mcnamara and Hans A. Bethe
July 1985 Issue
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