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October 1985 Issue
October 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.
  • Heroes We Don't Deserve
    Michael Sragow
  • The Campaign Doctors
    Nicholas Lemann
  • Blue Over the Bomb
    John Romano
  • Robert Fulton
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • The Accidental Tourist
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Honkytonk Gelato
    Phoebe-Lou Adams

Political Science

How a rush to scientific judgment on yellow rain embarrassed both U.S. science and the U.S. government

By Peter Pringle
October 1985 Issue
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