April 1989
In This Issue
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Articles
The Last Wise Man
An introduction to the diaries of George F. Kennan
Afghanistan Post Mortem
The Russians may have been dealt a setback, but the lessons of the Afghan conflict afford little cause for cheer
Self-Consciousness
Goya and the Spirit of Enlightenment
Last Call
The Craft of Gardens
Massacre at Ouradour
The White Cutter
The White Cutter
The Puzzler
Word Histories
The April Almanac
Notes: Inquisition
Japan: Let Them Defend Themselves
Unlike nearly everyone in Japan and the rest of Asia, Americans want Japan to spend more on its military, thinking that will equalize economic competition. It won’t
Table of Contents
Marred Bliss
It's Time for an American Perestroika
While Japan plants its flag on the twenty-first century, an ideological fixation on the relations that should obtain between government and business prevents us from taking the steps necessary to ensure our future prosperity
Sketches From a Life
Water Jump
The Private Life of Robert Schumann
Training China's New Elite
American education seems bound to have a significant impact on the People’s Republic of China, which is sending the cream of its intelligentsia and the children of its leaders here to study in record numbers
The Last Night in Mithymna
Summer Travel Planner
The Islands & Latin America
Europe
Asia, Oceania, & Africa
The United States
A Vibrant Legacy
Green Revisionism
Where the Stars Were Born
The Price of Admiralty
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
