February 2002 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- In This Issue, pp. 6-11
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 12-17
- Innocent Bystander
  Cullen Murphy
  , pp. 18-19
  Lifosuction
- Getting Hip to Squareness
  Michael Kelly
  , pp. 20-21
- A Modest Little War
  David Brooks
  , pp. 22-23
- Do As We Say, Not As We Do
  Jack Beatty
  , p. 24
- The Heartland of Darkness
  Walter Kirn
  , pp. 25-27
- The Professors Profess
  Richard A. Posner
  , p. 28
- Councils of War
  James Fallows
  , pp. 29-31
- After the Quagmire
  P.J. O'Rourke
  , p. 32
- Losing the Code War
  Stephen Budiansky
  , pp. 33-36
- Oh, Gods!
  Toby Lester
  , pp. 37-41
- Poetry
  Jonathan Musgrove
  , pp. 42-45
- The Keystone Kommandos
  Gary Cohen
  , pp. 46-59
- Being Abe Lincoln
  Joshua Wolf Shenk
  , pp. 60-61
- Poetry
  W.S. Merwin
  , p. 62
- Degrees of Evil
  Ron Rosenbaum
  , pp. 63-68
- The Next Threat to NATO
  Jeffrey Tayler
  , pp. 69-72
- Penumbra
  Beth Lordan
  , pp. 73-77
  A short story
- Poetry
  Jeff Mock
  , pp. 78-79
- Travel: A Secret Caribbean
  Barbara Wallraff
  , pp. 80-83
- Manners: Early Rise
  Joseph Epstein
  , pp. 84-86
- Palate at Large: Moore's Stone Crab
  Corby Kummer
  , p. 87
- A Terrifying Honesty
  Geoffrey Wheatcroft
  , pp. 88-92
  On V.S. Naipaul
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  William Kennedy's Greatest Game (Review)
  Thomas Mallon
  , pp. 93-97
  Roscoe, by William Kennedy
  1. Roscoe by William Kennedy
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  --- by Benjamin Schwarz (Review) , pp. 98-101
  1. Sinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street by Richard R. Lingeman
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  Review Achilles, by Elizabeth Cook (Review)
  Elizabeth Judd
  , p. 102
  1. Achilles by Elizabeth Cook
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  Review The Aztec Treasure House, by Evan S. Connell (Review)
  Michael Dirda
  , p. 102
  1. The Aztec Treasure House by Evan S. Connell
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  Review All for Love, by Ved Mehta (Review)
  Stephen Amidon
  , p. 103
  1. All for Love by Ved Mehta
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  Review Palladio, by Jonathan Dee (Review)
  James Marcus
  , p. 104
  1. Palladio by Jonathan Dee
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  Review The Siege, by Helen Dunmore (Review)
  Stephen Amidon
  , p. 104
  1. The Siege by Helen Dunmore
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  Review Rapture, by Susan Minot (Review)
  James Marcus
  , p. 105
  1. Rapture by Susan Minot
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  Review Servants of the Map, by Andrea Barrett (Review)
  Bruce Allen
  , p. 106
  1. Servants of the Map by Andrea Barrett
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  Keeping Up Appearances (Review)
  Wilfrid Sheed
  , pp. 107-110
  Somewhere for Me, by Meryle Secrest
  1. Somewhere for Me by Meryle Secrest
- The Puzzler
  Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  , p. 111
- Word Fugitives
  Barbara Wallraff
  , pp. 112-114
- Cover art
  Edward Sorel