June 2005 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- Calendar, p. 13
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 14-26
- Managing China's Rise
  Benjamin Schwarz
  , pp. 27-29
- Photo Op: Shanghai Rising
  Alessandro Digaetano
  , pp. 30-31
  A photograph
- Intelligence: Truth Extraction
  Stephen Budiansky
  , pp. 32-34
- Phenomenon: Baby Names
  Tyler Cabot
  , p. 35
- Brief Lives: The Odd Couple
  Joshua Green
  , pp. 36-37
- The Life: The Next Plague?
  Michael Slenske
  , pp. 38-41
- Hypotheticals: Democratic Dominoes
  Daniel Byman
  , pp. 42-43
- Primary Sources, pp. 44-48
- How We Would Fight China
  Robert D. Kaplan
  , pp. 49-64
- Ziad for the Defense
  William Langewiesche
  , pp. 65-74
- Road Trip, Part II
  Bernard-Henri Levy
  , pp. 75-87
- Being Geraldo
  Sridhar Pappu
  , pp. 88-91
- Ishi
  Louis Simpson
  , pp. 92-95
- The Tattered Dress
  Ellen Bryant Voigt
  , pp. 96-98
- The Flirty Dozen
  Christopher Buckley
  , pp. 99-100
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  Editor's Choice (5 Reviews)
  Benjamin Schwarz
  , pp. 101-104
  Golden State
  1. The Golden West by Daniel Fuchs
  2. California Rising by Ethan Rarick
  3. The Singapore Grip by J.G. Farrell
  4. The Survivor by John F. Harris
  5. Carry Me Back by Steven Deyle
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  Kiddie Class Struggle (3 Reviews)
  Sandra Tsing Loh
  , pp. 105-108
  Because I Said So, by Camille Peri and Kate Moses
  1. Because I Said So by Camille Peri and Kate Moses
  2. Perfect Madness by Judith Warner
  3. The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars by Miriam Peskowitz
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  Reading List (4 Reviews)
  Terry Castle
  , pp. 109-112
  Strange Butterflies
  1. Create and Be Recognized by John Turner and Deborah Klochko
  2. Portraits by Hellen van Meene
  3. The Devil's Playground by Nan Goldin
  4. At Ease: Navy Men of World War II by Evan Bachner
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  New Fiction (Review)
  Joseph O'Neill
  , pp. 113-114
  Specimen Days, by Michael Cunningham
  1. Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham
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  A Doomed Young Man (Review)
  Christopher Hitchens
  , pp. 115-116
  A Hero of Our Time, by Mikhail Lermontov
  1. A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
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  A Close Read (Review)
  Christina Schwarz
  , p. 117
  Ideas of Heaven, by Joan Silber
  1. Ideas of Heaven by Joan Silber
- Tempest, p. 118
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  After School (Review)
  Elizabeth Judd
  , p. 118
  The Closed Circle, by Jonathan Coe
  1. The Closed Circle by Jonathan Coe
- Oral History: The Kissinger Transcripts
  James Warren
  , pp. 119-126
- The Puzzler
  Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  , p. 127
- Word Court
  Barbara Wallraff
  , pp. 128-129
- Post Mortem: The Chap on Duty
  Mark Steyn
  , pp. 130-131
  James Callaghan (1912-2005)
- Who's Who
  Benjamin Healy
  , pp. 132-134
- Cover photomontage
  John Ritter