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Reports and Comment

Foreign Policy: Outmoded Assumptions

by Henry Steele Commager

The Atlantic Monthly, March 1982, pp. 12-21

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    2. Reports & Comments by Sanford J. Ungar, pp. 6-13
    3. London: Local Surprises by Janet Morgan, pp. 14-15
    4. Cairo: They Don't Miss Sadat by Jennifer Seymour Whitaker, pp. 16-22
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      7. The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould
      8. King of Confessors by Thomas Hoving
      9. Man as Art by Malcolm Kirk
      10. The Computer Establishment by Katharine Davis Fishman
    19. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 92-94
    20. Cover illustration by Tom Lulevitch
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    2. Reports & Comment by Peter H. Stone, pp. 6-12
    3. Jerusalem by Richard Sennett, pp. 13-22
    4. Have You Ever Tried To Sell a Diamond? by Edward Jay Epstein, pp. 23-35
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      11. On Learning to Read by Bruno Bettelheim and Karen Zelan
    16. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 92-94
    17. Cover illustration by Shigeo Okamoto
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    2. Reports and Comment by Henry Steele Commager, pp. 12-21
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    8. Robert Frost Corrupted by Donald Hall, pp. 60-65
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      2. Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez
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      4. Of Virtue Rare by Linda Simon
      5. The New Nation by Thomas Boylston Adams
      6. Murder at Buckingham Palace by T.E.B. Clarke
      7. Monumenta Britannica by John Aubrey
      8. The Murder of Napoleon by Ben Weider and David Hapgood
      9. The Annotated Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Michael Patrick Hearn
      10. Intrusions by Hilary Evans
      11. The Kennedy Imprisonment by Garry Wills
    16. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 92-94
    17. Cover illustration by Seymour Chwast
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    2. Reports & Comment by Bernard D. Nossiter, pp. 8-15
    3. Conservation: Counting the Whales by William McCloskey, pp. 16-20
    4. Chicago Highbrow by James Atlas, pp. 21-27
    5. Promising the Air by Stanley Plumly, pp. 28-32
    6. Intersection by Guy Billout, p. 33
    7. The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro, pp. 34-89
    8. Visitors by Alice Munro, pp. 90-95
    9. The Everlasting/Stern Stuff by Peter Davison, pp. 96-98
    10. The Cosmetics Executive by Lynn Caraganis, p. 99
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      1. The Soviet Estimate by John Prados
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      1. Pelagie by Antonine Maillet
      2. Malgudi Days by R.K. Narayan
      3. Stuff of Sleep and Dreams by Leon Edel
      4. The Sack of Panama by Peter Earle
      5. The Possible and the Actual by Francois Jacob
      6. Bodily Harm by Margaret Atwood
      7. The Thomas Street Horror by Raymond Paul
      8. A Restless People by Oscar Handlin and Lilian Handlin
      9. Headbirths, or The Germans Are Dying Out by Gunter Grass
      10. Maps and Dreams by Hugh Brody
      11. Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful by Alan Paton
    15. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 114-116
    16. Cover illustration by J.C. Suares
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    2. Reports & Comments by James Fallows, pp. 10-24
    3. Solar Energy: No Profit in Politics by Byron Harris, pp. 25-34
    4. Kissinger and Nixon in the White House by Seymour M. Hersh, pp. 35-71
    5. The Power of Positive Buying by Robert M. Strozier, pp. 72-75
    6. Where the Water is Wide by Dianne Benedict, pp. 76-79
    7. Charming by William Matthews, pp. 80-82
    8. First Encounters by Edward Corel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, p. 83
    9. The Only Problem in the Universe by Rory O'Connor, pp. 84-92
    10. Chickens by Roy Blount, Jr., pp. 93-94
    11. Music/Classical Records by William H. Youngren, pp. 95-99
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      1. The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot by Junichiro Tanizaki
      2. Steaming to Bamboola by Christopher Buckley
      3. Group Portrait by Nicholas Delbanco
      4. The Patriot Game by George V. Higgins
      5. Ninteeen Hundred by Rebecca West
      6. The Young Rebecca by Rebecca West and Jane Marcus
      7. Old Mistresses by Rozsika Parker and Griselda Pollock
      8. Ireland by Robert Kee
      9. Morning Was Starlight by Ernest S. Dodge
    15. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 110-112
    16. Cover illustration by Brad Holland
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    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-7
    2. Reports & Comment by James Fallows, pp. 8-21
    3. Washington: Environmental Deregulation by David Osborne, pp. 22-30
    4. Waiting for the End by William Martin, pp. 31-37
    5. Life Without Pain by Leslie Epstein, pp. 38-58
    6. The Myth of Oppressive Corporate Taxes by Gregg Easterbrook, pp. 59-63
    7. The One Girl at the Boys' Party by Sharon Olds, pp. 64-66
    8. Leaving Home by Sue Miller, pp. 67-70
    9. At City Hall by Mary Jo Salter, pp. 71-73
    10. Inevitable Revolutions by Walter LaFeber, pp. 74-84
    11. What Could Happen by Lynn Caraganis, pp. 85-87
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      1. Annie (1982 Film) by John Huston
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      1. Thomas Hardy: A Biography by Michael Millgate
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      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 100-105 - 10 Reviews
      1. Sabbatical: A Romance by John Barth
      2. P. G. Wodehouse: A Biography by Frances L. Donaldson
      3. Killing Our Own by Harvey Wasserman and Norman Solomon
      4. A Secret Symmetry by Aldo Carotenuto
      5. Megalithomania by John Michell
      6. Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
      7. The Book Known as Q by Robert Giroux
      8. The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman
      9. Martin's Hundred by Ivor Noel Hume
      10. The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism by Michael Novak
    16. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 106-108
    17. Cover illustration by Guy Billout
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    July 1982 Issue = 24 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-7
    2. Reports & Comment by Thomas F. Eagleton, pp. 8-18
    3. The Middle East: The Curse of Oil Wealth by Daniel Pipes, pp. 19-26
    4. Our Real Interests in Central America by Robert A. Pastor, pp. 27-39
    5. The Retreat by Bobbie Ann Mason, pp. 40-44
    6. The Art of Love by Ronald Wallace, pp. 45-46
    7. The Nuclear Debate by Fred Kaplan, pp. 47-49
    8. II. Russian and American Capabilities by Jerome B. Wiesner, pp. 50-53
    9. Young Poets by Jeffrey Skinner, p. 54
    10. Bull Slaughter by James McKean, p. 54
    11. Inside the Gun Factory by Edward C. Lynskey, p. 55
    12. August Philosophers by Jane Flanders, p. 55
    13. The Benllech Trials by George B. Moore, p. 55
    14. Collects by Thomas Simmons, p. 55
    15. Lord Weary by James Atlas, pp. 56-64
    16. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, pp. 65-66
    17. Some in Their Body's Force by Nicholas Delbanco, pp. 67-74
    18. On the Porch by Donald Justice, pp. 75-82
    19. Come to My Spa by Robert M. Strozier, p. 83
    20. Toys/Living With a Computer by James Fallows, pp. 84-91
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      1. Edie: American Girl by Jean Stein and George Plimpton
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      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 94-99 - 10 Reviews
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      2. On Going to Bed by Anthony Burgess
      3. In Praise of Practical Fertilizer by John Baskin
      4. Something Like an Autobiography by Akira Kurosawa
      5. Ugly Girl by Barbara Rex
      6. Me Again by Stevie Smith, Jack Barbera, and William McBrien
      7. Blood River by Barbara Villet
      8. Man Who Was Vogue by Caroline Seebohm
      9. Twice Shy by Dick Francis
      10. The Rise and Fall of Diamonds by Edward Jay Epstein
    23. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 100-102
    24. Cover illustration by Mark Hess
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    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-11
    2. Reports & Comment by Robert B. Zevin, pp. 12-15
    3. Tegucigalpa: Honduras on the Edge by Loren Jenkins, pp. 16-21
    4. Argentina: The Falklands and Colonialism by J.M. Taylor, pp. 22-26
    5. The Politics of Crime by Richard Neely, pp. 27-31
    6. The Quality of the Instrument by Michael Lenehan, pp. 32-53
    7. Distances by Richard Hugo, pp. 54-58
    8. Jungle by Guy Billout, p. 59
    9. The Staunch Maid and the Extraterrestial Trekkie by George Starbuck, pp. 60-61
    10. The Famous Poll at Jody's Bar by Ellen Gilchrist, pp. 62-64
    11. Stump Speech by David Wagoner, pp. 65-67
    12. IQ Testing and the Media by R.J. Herrnstein, pp. 68-74
    13. Love and Other Lessons by Janet Beeler Shaw, pp. 75-82
    14. Rendezvous With Roumania by Lynn Caraganis, pp. 83-84
    15. Music/Two Rock Revivals by Langdon Winner, pp. 85-87
    16. Movies/A Dreamer Not a Storyteller by Lloyd Rose, pp. 88-92
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      1. Six Armies in Normandy by John Keegan
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      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 94-99 - 11 Reviews
      1. Famous Last Words by Timothy Findley
      2. The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Vol. Four: 1931-1935 by Anne Olivier Bell and Virginia Woolf
      3. To Absent Friends from Red Smith by Red Smith
      4. The Red Smith Reader by Dave Anderson and Red Smith
      5. Cordelia? by Garson Kanin
      6. The Questionnaire by Jiri Grusa
      7. The Shabunin Affair by Walter Boardman Kerr
      8. Standing Fast by Roy Wilkins and Tom Mathews
      9. Felice by Angela Davis-Gardner
      10. The Atom Station by Halldor Laxness
      11. Adventures in Archaeology by Jacquetta Hawkes
    19. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 100-102
    20. Cover illustration by R.O. Blechman
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    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-9
    2. Reports & Comment by Stephen Jay Gould, pp. 10-16
    3. London: Renewed Confidence by Geoffrey Smith, pp. 17-24
    4. Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon, pp. 25-43
    5. Mosaic by Linda Pastan, pp. 44-60
    6. Tree, Stone, Water by Leslie Norris, p. 61
    7. Feathers by Raymond Carver, pp. 62-69
    8. Misunderstanding Africa by Xan Smiley, pp. 70-75
    9. In the Cemetary by Donald Justice, pp. 76-79
    10. Anecdotes From the Hospital by Anatole Broyard, pp. 80-83
    11. The Sea by Mary Oliver, pp. 84-86
    12. Fillmore Regained by Roy Blount, Jr., p. 87
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      1. A Susan Sontag Reader by Susan Sontag
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      2. Their Noble Lordships by Simon Winchester
      3. Last Rites by Aram Saroyan
      4. Micronesia: the Land, the People, and the Sea by Kenneth Brower
      5. Ake: The Years of Childhood by Wole Soyinka
      6. A Present of Laughter by Bryan Holme
      7. Flashman and the Redskins by George MacDonald Fraser
      8. The Annotated Mother Goose by William S. Baring-Gould and Ceil Baring-Gould, ...
      9. A Little More Than Kin by Ernest Hebert
    15. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 100-102
    16. Cover illustration by Robert Giusti
  10. [+]
    October 1982 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 4-9
    2. Reports & Comments by Bernard Levin, pp. 10-17
    3. Washington: Outside the Mainstream by Jennifer Seymour Whitaker, pp. 18-28
    4. Divad by Gregg Easterbrook, pp. 29-36
    5. Loyal by William Matthews, pp. 37-40
    6. Monday Nights by Jane Mankiewicz, pp. 41-45
    7. If Snakes Were Blue by Robert Penn Warren, pp. 46-49
    8. The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro, pp. 50-75
    9. Migrant Mother, 1936 by David Ray, pp. 76-84
    10. Gravity by Guy Billout, p. 85
    11. Hollow by Breece D'J. Pancake, pp. 86-87
    12. Street Cries by George Starbuck, pp. 88-92
    13. Yoga for Masochists by Don Lessem, p. 93
    14. Music/Jazz Records: Gil Evans by Michael Ullman, pp. 94-95
    15. Music/Better Played Than Sun by William H. Youngren, pp. 96-99
    16. [+]
      Movies/Child's Eye, Adult's Hand by Lloyd Rose, pp. 100-102 - 3 Reviews
      1. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial (1982 Film) by Steven Spielberg
      2. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977 Film) by Steven Spielberg
      3. Poltergeist (1982 Film) by Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg
    17. [+]
      Books/Languid, But Never Dull by James Atlas, pp. 103-104 - 1 Review
      1. Bech is Back by John Updike
    18. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 105-109 - 10 Reviews
      1. Entertaining Satan by John Putnam Demos
      2. A Midnight Clear by William Wharton
      3. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
      4. Alexander Hamilton by Noemie Emery
      5. Flambard's Confession by Marilyn Durham
      6. The Four Wise Men by Michel Tournier
      7. Marienbad by Sholem Aleichem
      8. Abusing Science by Philip Kitcher and Patricia Kitcher
      9. The Disappearance of Childhood by Neil Postman
      10. Newport Mansions by Tom Gannon
    19. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 110-112
    20. Cover illustration by Mark English
  11. [+]
    November 1982 Issue = 27 Articles
    1. The 125th Anniversary, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 6-23
    3. Reports & Comment by Eugene J. McCarthy, pp. 24-29
    4. Travel: On Not Being a Tourist by James Atlas, pp. 30-31
    5. The Environment: Trouble in the Stratosphere by Tracy Kidder, pp. 32-44
    6. Inner Space: Changes of Mind by Nicholson Baker, pp. 45-50
    7. Entitlements by James Fallows, pp. 51-61
    8. A New Wave Format by Bobbie Ann Mason, pp. 62-67
    9. Processional by James Merrill, pp. 68-70
    10. America's Unstable Soviet Policy by George F. Kennan, pp. 71-81
    11. Choosing a Strategy for World War III by Thomas Powers, pp. 82-107
    12. Sudden Journey by Tess Gallagher, pp. 108-110
    13. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, pp. 111-113
    14. Him With His Foot in His Mouth by Saul Bellow, pp. 114-129
    15. Abduction by Stanley Kunitz, pp. 130-144
    16. Poems by William Carlos Williams, p. 145
    17. The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro, pp. 146-152
    18. Recyclings by Anthony Hecht, pp. 153-154
    19. Still in Remedial Bayoneting by Roy Blount, Jr., p. 155
    20. Music/Jazz Turns Neoclassical by Gary Giddins, pp. 156-159
    21. Music/How to Hear Wagner by William H. Youngren, pp. 160-162
    22. [+]
      Margins of Error by John Kenneth Galbraith, pp. 163-164 - 1 Review
      1. Safety in Numbers by Nicholas Faith
    23. [+]
      The Last Days of Christendom by Malcolm Muggeridge, pp. 165-166 - 1 Review
      1. Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene
    24. [+]
      The Hubbub Is the Lure by V.S. Pritchett, pp. 167-169 - 1 Review
      1. The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1857-1880 by Francis Steegmuller and Gustave Flaubert
    25. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 170-175 - 10 Reviews
      1. Mantissa by John Fowles
      2. Rogue's March by W.T. Tyler
      3. The Monkey Puzzle by John Gribbin and Jeremy Cherfas
      4. Lords of the Arctic by Richard C. Davids
      5. The Noel Coward Diaries by Graham Payn, Sheridan Morley, and Noel Coward
      6. The Swallow and the Tom Cat by Jorge Amado
      7. Nantucket: The Other Season by Stan Grossfeld
      8. The Last Houseparty by Peter Dickinson
      9. Straight Talk About American Education by Theodore M. Black
      10. Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust by Yaffa Eliach
    26. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 176-178
    27. Cover illustration by Chris Hopkins
  12. [+]
    December 1982 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Letters to the Editor, pp. 6-11
    2. Reports & Comment by Michael Lenehan, pp. 12-21
    3. Morocco: A Friend in Need by Pranay Gupte, pp. 22-30
    4. The Price of Power by Seymour M. Hersh, pp. 31-58
    5. Supernatural Love by Gjertrud Schnackenberg, p. 59
    6. The Chambered Nautilus by H.L. Mountzoures, pp. 60-65
    7. Green Feathers by Reg Saner, pp. 66-67
    8. Assisting Stravinsky by Robert Craft, pp. 68-71
    9. Janes Was With Me by Marvin Bell, pp. 72-74
    10. Chez Sophie by Heidi Jon Schmidt, pp. 75-80
    11. Snow by Guy Billout, p. 81
    12. Interferon and the Cure of Cancer by Sandra Panem and Jan Vilcek, pp. 82-85
    13. Washing a Young Rhinoceros by David Wagoner, pp. 86-90
    14. Tizzy World by Robert M. Strozier, pp. 91-93
    15. Music/A Gentle Costello by Langdon Winner, pp. 94-95
    16. [+]
      Books/Kennan's Passionate Realism by Stanley Hoffmann, pp. 96-98 - 1 Review
      1. The Nuclear Delusion by George F. Kennan
    17. [+]
      Books/Eight Lessons for American Corporations by James Fallows, pp. 99-101 - 1 Review
      1. In Search of Excellence by Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
    18. [+]
      Books/A Modern Existential Hero by James Atlas, pp. 102-104 - 1 Review
      1. Four Films by Woody Allen
    19. [+]
      Short Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 105-111 - 12 Reviews
      1. Katherine Anne Porter: A Life by Joan Givner
      2. The World of Henri Rousseau by Yann le Pichon
      3. Last Stands by Hilary Masters
      4. When Sisterhood Was in Flower by Florence King
      5. Voyage Through the Antarctic by Richard Adams and Ronald Lockley
      6. Gilbert by Judith Martin
      7. Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje
      8. Goodbye, Mickey Mouse by Len Deighton
      9. Skin to Skin by Prudence Glynn
      10. The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman
      11. North American Indian Art by Peter T. Furst and Jill L. Furst
      12. The Artists of My Life by Gilberte Brassai
    20. The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 112-114
    21. Cover illustration by Fred Otnes
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  Issues of 2004 = 10 Issues, 341 Articles
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  Issues of 2005 = 9 Issues, 318 Articles
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  Issues of 2006 = 10 Issues, 382 Articles
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  Issues of 2007 = 9 Issues, 264 Articles
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