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August 17, 1989 Issue - 20 Articles-
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Guest of the Age (3 Reviews) Ronald Steel
, pp. 3-4 Sketches from a Life, by George F. Kennan
- Sketches from a Life by George F. Kennan
- George Kennan and the Dilemmas of U.S. Foreign Policy by David Allan Mayers
- Kennan and the Art of Foreign Policy by Anders Stephanson
- Pro-Life Pro
Philip Roth
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Living with Trollope (3 Reviews) John Bayley
, pp. 6-7 The Chronicler of Barsetshire, by R.H. Super
- The Chronicler of Barsetshire by R.H. Super
- Trollope by Stephen Wall
- He Knew She Was Right by Jane Nardin
- Naming the Animals
Anthony Hecht
, p. 8 - Revolution in Hungary in Poland
Timothy Garton Ash
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Microscopy (Review) Brad Leithauser
, p. 15 The Mezzanine, by Nicholson Baker
- The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker
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The Real Leonardo (2 Reviews) Charles Hope
, pp. 16-18 Leonardo on Painting, by Martin Kemp, Margaret Walker, and Leonardo da Vinci, ...
- Leonardo on Painting by Martin Kemp, Margaret Walker, and Leonardo da Vinci, ...
- Michelangelo and His Drawings by Michael Hirst
- The Threat to Gorbachev
Peter Reddaway
, pp. 19-24 - A Speech to the People's Congress
Andrei Sakharov
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Four Prized Poets (4 Reviews) Helen Vendler
, pp. 26-30 Blackbird Bye Bye, by April Bernard
- Blackbird Bye Bye by April Bernard
- The Night Parade by Edward Hirsch
- Acrimony by Michael Hofmann
- The Daylight Moon by Les A. Murray
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The Grand Decider (8 Reviews) Gordon A. Craig
, pp. 31-36 The Warrior Queens, by Antonia Fraser
- The Warrior Queens by Antonia Fraser
- A Country Made by War by Geoffrey Perret
- The Wages of War by Richard Severo and Lewis Milford
- Technology and War by Martin van Creveld
- Of Arms and Men by Robert L. O'Connell
- The Price of Admiralty by John Keegan
- War: Ends and Means by Paul Seabury and Angelo Codevilla
- The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution by Robert Jervis
- Jerusalem
Amos Elon
, pp. 37-39 The Future of the Past
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Spook of Spooks (Review) Thomas Powers
, p. 40 Deception, by Edward Jay Epstein
- Deception by Edward Jay Epstein
- Romania
William Pfaff
, p. 41 Defying the Tyrant
- Isaiah Berlin at Eighty
Joseph Brodsky
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Dithering in Nicaragua (4 Reviews) James Chace
, pp. 46-51 Condemned to Repetition, by Robert A. Pastor
- Condemned to Repetition by Robert A. Pastor
- Somoza Falling by Anthony Lake
- War and Peace in Central America by Frank McNeil
- Agony in the Garden by Edward R.F. Sheehan
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Sad Young Men (3 Reviews) Thomas R. Edwards
, pp. 52-53 Moon Palace, by Paul Auster
- Moon Palace by Paul Auster
- Closer by Dennis Cooper
- Boomerang by Barry Hannah
- Revelations of the North Trial
Theodore Draper
, pp. 54-59 - Letters
Larry McMurtry, Karen Kennerly, and Edward Witten, ...
, pp. 60-64 - Cover Drawing
David Levine