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September/October 1986 Issue - 28 Articles- With the Rebels in Afghanistan
Jean-Francois Deniau
, pp. 3-12 Two Hours After Midnight
- Poem
Lawrence Sail
, p. 13 - Foe (extract from a novel)
J.M. Coetzee
, pp. 14-19 - Behind the Ethiopian Famine (III)
Paul Henze
, pp. 20-30 - Poem
Deirdre Shanahan
, p. 31 - Poem
Christopher Bigsby
, p. 32 - Poem
John Greening
, p. 33 - Column
"M."
, pp. 34-36 Notes & Topics
- The Gathering of the Warlords
Edward Pearce
, pp. 37-38 - Paris Notebook
Jean-Francois Revel
, pp. 39-41 - The Battle for the Cities
Robert Skidelsky
, pp. 42-43 - Regis Debray's Choice of Enemies
Alain Besancon
, p. 44 - Authors, p. 45
Books & Writers
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Love, Sex & Desire (Review) John Weightman
, pp. 46-51 Sexual Desire, by Roger Scruton
- Sexual Desire by Roger Scruton
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Drawing the Lines (2 Reviews) Vernon Bogdanor
, pp. 52-56 Handbooks to the Modern World: Western Europe, by Richard Mayne
- Handbooks to the Modern World: Western Europe by Richard Mayne
- The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe by George Schopflin
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Stories & Histories (6 Reviews) Michael Hulse
, pp. 57-60 What's Bred in the Bone, by Robertson Davies
- What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies
- The Image and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer
- If Not Now, When? by Primo Levi
- Pride by William Wharton
- The News from Ireland, and Other Stories by William Trevor
- The Silver Age by James Lasdun
- Poem
Peter Howe
, p. 61 -
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Books Encountered (16 Reviews) R.M.
, p. 62 History, Truth, Liberty, by Raymond Aron and Franciszek Draus
- History, Truth, Liberty by Raymond Aron and Franciszek Draus
- Letters of Arnold Bennett by James Hepburn and Arnold Bennett
- From Three Worlds by William Clark
- The Shallow Grave by Walter Gregory, David Morris, and Anthony R. Peters, ...
- Watching the Dragon by Charles Hadfield and Jill Hadfield
- Marriage and Morals Among the Victorians by Gertrude Himmelfarb
- Intelligence Chief Extraordinary by Patrick Howarth
- The Revenge of the Philistines by Hilton Kramer
- The Spanish Civil War, 1936-39 by Paul Preston
- German Film and Literature by Eric Rentschler
- The Red and the Blue by Andrew Sinclair
- Talking to Myself by Studs Terkel
- Britain's Civil Wars by Charles Townshend
- Truth and Lies in Literature by Stephen Vizinczey
- The Ethics of F.A. Hayek by Graham Walker
- Franklin of Philadelphia by Esmond Wright
North & South
- A Necklace for Azania
Woodrow Wyatt
, pp. 63-67 Discussion
- What Helps Superpower "Star Wars" Stability?
Edward Teller
, pp. 68-69 Economics
- Can there be a British Economic Renaissance?
Walter Eltis
, pp. 70-72 - Poem
Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
, p. 73 Religion
- An Ungodly Muddle
Antony Flew
, pp. 74-75 - Poem
Elizabeth Smither
, p. 76 - Poem
David Holbrook
, p. 77 - Poem
Lotte Kramer
, p. 77
- Letters, pp. 78-80
- Life & Letters, pp. 81-82