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July 1991 Issue
July 1991 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.
  • Eating and Sleeping
    Corby Kummer
  • The Three Ages of the Catholic Church
    Charles R. Morris
  • Love and Empire
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Letters From the Lost Generation: Gerald and Sara Murphy and Friends
  • Letters From the Lost Generation: Gerald and Sara Murphy and Friends
    Phoebe-Lou Adams
  • Against a Peacock Sky
    Phoebe-Lou Adams

Why the Gulf War Was Not in the National Interest

By Christopher Layne
July 1991 Issue
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