December 6, 1986 Issue, THE NATION

- Sitting Down With Satan
  Dilip Hiro
  , p. 625
  Why Iran Pursued the Arms Deal
- Falling in Love Again, p. 625
- Letters, p. 626
- The Cover-Up Begins, p. 627
- Contra Conscience
  Holly Burkhalter
  , p. 628
- Two Cheers
  Robert Lekachman
  , p. 629
- Beat the Devil
  Alexander Cockburn
  , pp. 630-631
- Scoop du Jour
  Edward Sorel
  , p. 632
- --- by Marcus Raskin, p. 633
- --- by Greg Mitchell, p. 634
- --- by E.P. Thompson, p. 634
- --- by Robert Karl Manoff, p. 635
- --- by Paul C. Warnke, p. 636
- --- by Tom Harkin, pp. 636-637
- --- by Pam Solo, p. 638
- --- by David Cortright and Robert K. Musil, p. 639
- --- by Sayre Sheldon, pp. 640-643
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  Moral Interrogations (Review)
  Sven Birkerts
  , pp. 644-645
  Dead Alive, by Eva Demski
  1. Dead Alive by Eva Demski
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  'Car, Bomb, God' (Review)
  Mark Rudman
  , pp. 646-647
  The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai, by Yehuda Amichai
  1. The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai by Yehuda Amichai
- Music
  Edward W. Said
  , pp. 648-656