The Atlantic Monthly Archives The Atlantic Monthly • 149 Years, 1,698 Issues, 38,725 Articles, 229,903pp
Show MoreShow AllFinding...Find More
May 2006 Issue - 44 Articles- Calendar, pp. 17-19
- Letters to the Editor, pp. 20-30
The Agenda
- Comment: The Nuclear Power Beside Iraq
James Fallows
, pp. 31-33 - Photo Op: The Remains of the Bay
Stephen Voss
, pp. 34-35 Photograph
- Washington: The Numbers War
Joshua Green
, p. 36 - Poll: Who Has Bush's Ear?, p. 37
- First Principles: The Benefits of Brutality
Clive Crook
, pp. 38-41 - Brief Lives: The Man With the Golden Phone
Paul Starobin
, pp. 42-45 - Cross-Examination: Marital Differences
Benjamin Wittes
, pp. 46-49 - The World in Numbers: The Web Police
Matthew Quirk
, pp. 50-51 - Primary Sources, pp. 52-53
- Nature and Environment, pp. 54-61
150 years of The Atlantic
- The Desert One Debacle
Mark Bowden
, pp. 62-78 - Colonel Cross of the Gurkhas
Robert D. Kaplan
, pp. 79-83 - Bambino Sutra
David Barber
, p. 84 - Telephone Surveillance Permission Form
Bruce McCall
, p. 85 Humor
- Horsemen of the Esophagus
Jason Fagone
, pp. 86-93 - The Talented Mr. Chavez
Franklin Foer
, pp. 94-106 The Critics: Books, Manners, Mores
-
[+]
Editor's Choice: Modernism, Minimalism, Fundamentalism (4 Reviews) Benjamin Schwarz
, pp. 107-109 Glenn Murcutt: Buildings and Projects 1962-2003, by Francoise Fromonot
- Glenn Murcutt: Buildings and Projects 1962-2003 by Francoise Fromonot
- Hariri and Hariri Houses by Gisue Hariri and Mojgan Hariri
- The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel by Amy Hempel
- Fundamentalism and American Culture by George Marsden
Rhymes With Rich
-
[+]
--- by Sandra Tsing Loh (Review) , pp. 110-119 - Mommy Wars by Leslie Morgan Steiner
-
[+]
Review Everyman, by Philip Roth (Review) Joseph O'Neill
, pp. 120-122 - Everyman by Philip Roth
Exodus
-
[+]
--- by Marc Cooper (5 Reviews) , pp. 123-126 - Down by the River by Charles Bowden
- The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
- By the Lake of Sleeping Children by Luis Urrea
- Illegals by Jon E. Dougherty
- Whatever It Takes by J.D. Hayworth and Joseph J. Eule
-
[+]
Review The Whole World Over, by Julia Glass (Review) Elizabeth Judd
, pp. 127-129 - The Whole World Over by Julia Glass
-
[+]
A Close Read (Review) Christina Schwarz
, pp. 130-132 Luck, by Joan Barfoot
- Luck by Joan Barfoot
-
[+]
Blood for No Oil! (Review) Christopher Hitchens
, pp. 133-135 The Good Fight, by Peter Beinart
- The Good Fight by Peter Beinart
-
[+]
Further Reading: Wars on Terrorism (7 Reviews) Bruce Hoffman
, pp. 136-137 Best Laid Plans, by David C. Martin and John Walcott #2
- Best Laid Plans by David C. Martin and John Walcott #2
- Big Boy's Rules by Mark Urban
- The Hunt for the Engineer by Samuel M. Katz
- Pig in the Middle by Desmond Hamill
- A Savage War of Peace by Alistair Horne
- Striking Back by Aaron J. Klein
- Terror Out of Zion by J. Bowyer Bell
Cover to Cover
-
[+]
Current Affairs (10 Reviews) , p. 138 - Impostor by Bruce Bartlett
- America's Coming War with China by Ted Galen Carpenter
- Fast Boat to China by Andrew Ross
- The Battle for Peace by Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz
- Among Empires by Charles S. Maier
- The Roman Predicament by Harold James
- House of War by James Carroll
- Journey of the Jihadist by Fawaz A. Gerges
- Overthrow by Stephen Kinzer
- America Against the World by Andrew Kohut and Bruce Stokes
-
[+]
U.S. History The Scratch of a Pen, by Colin G. Calloway (3 Reviews) , p. 138 - The Scratch of a Pen by Colin G. Calloway
- Rough Crossings by Simon Schama
- Patriotic Fire by Winston Groom
-
[+]
World History Osman's Dream, by Caroline Finkel (5 Reviews) , p. 138 - Osman's Dream by Caroline Finkel
- Earthly Powers by Michael Burleigh
- Victorian London by Liza Picard
- June 1941: Hitler and Stalin by John Lukacs
- Islamic Imperialism by Efraim Karsh
-
[+]
Biography A Godly Hero, by Michael Kazin (4 Reviews) , p. 138 - A Godly Hero by Michael Kazin
- Kingfish by Richard D. White, Jr.
- Fatal Purity by Ruth Scurr
- Stravinsky: The Second Exile by Stephen Walsh
-
[+]
Society and Culture The Way Hollywood Tells It, by David Bordwell (4 Reviews) , p. 139 - The Way Hollywood Tells It by David Bordwell
- White Guilt by Shelby Steele
- 1973 Nervous Breakdown~~Nineteen Seventy-Three Nervous Breakdown by Andreas Killen
- First in Violence, Deepest in Dirt by Jeffrey S. Adler
-
[+]
Business and Economics Why Most Things Fail, by Paul Ormerod (5 Reviews) , p. 139 - Why Most Things Fail by Paul Ormerod
- Rome, Inc by Stanley Bing
- The Economics of Attention by Richard A. Lanham
- Revolutionary Wealth by Alvin Toffler and Heidi Toffler
- Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations by David Warsh
-
[+]
Science Before the Dawn, by Nicholas Wade (2 Reviews) , p. 139 - Before the Dawn by Nicholas Wade
- Success Through Failure by Henry Petroski
-
[+]
Sports Black and Blue, by Tom Adelman (3 Reviews) , p. 139 - Black and Blue by Tom Adelman
- Man o' War by Dorothy Ours
- Clemente by David Maraniss
-
[+]
Memoir My Life in France, by Julia Child and Alex Pru... (5 Reviews) , p. 139 - My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud'homme
- A Writer's Life by Gay Talese
- Teta, Mother and Me by Jean Said Makdisi
- A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger
- Let Me Finish by Roger Angell
-
[+]
Novels and Short Stories My Latest Grievance, by Elinor Lipman (6 Reviews) , pp. 139-140 - My Latest Grievance by Elinor Lipman
- Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley
- We Are All Welcome Here by Elizabeth Berg
- Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
- This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes
- L'America by Martha McPhee
Pursuits & Retreats
- Travels: The Father of the Pina Colada?
Wayne Curtis
, pp. 141-144 - Food: Madrid Fusion
Corby Kummer
, pp. 145-148 - Technology: Tinfoil Underwear
James Fallows
, pp. 149-152 - Sports: Passing Grades
Allen Barra
, pp. 153-156 - Word Fugitives
Barbara Wallraff
, p. 157 - Post Mortem: He Made the Refrains Run on Time
Mark Steyn
, pp. 158-159 Romano Mussolini (1927-2006)
- Who's Who
Benjamin Healy
, pp. 160-162 - Cover Photo illustration
John Ritter
