December 11, 1976 Issue, THE SATURDAY REVIEW

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- Editor's Page
  N.C.
  , pp. 4-5
- Letters from Readers, pp. 6-8
- Notes for an Inaugural Address
  N.C.
  , pp. 9-10
- Manning an Affordable Defense
  Barry Blechman
  , pp. 11-14
- Eurocommunism: A Foot in the Door or a Seat at the Table?
  Arrigo Levi
  , pp. 15-23
- Lighted Fuses in Asia
  Stanley Karnow
  , pp. 24-29
- Africa in Black and White, and Red
  Benjamin Pogrund
  , pp. 30-31
- The Middle East: On a Back Burner, but Still Simmering
  Henry Owen
  , p. 32
- Conundrum in the Caribbean
  Don Bohning
  , pp. 33-37
- The Economy: Manic-Depressive or Excessive-Recessive?
  Alfred Malabre, Jr.
  , pp. 38-45
- Toward a Swedenized America
  Amitai Etzioni
  , p. 46
- Welfare in America: The View from Sweden
  Gunnar Myrdal
  , pp. 46-60
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  A Green Thumb in a Mass of Clenched Fists (Review)
  Jean Stafford
  , pp. 61-63
  Letters of E. B. White, by Dorothy Lobrano Guth and E.B. White
  1. Letters of E. B. White by Dorothy Lobrano Guth and E.B. White
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  Gadarene White House (Review)
  Garry Wills
  , pp. 64-67
  Blind Ambition, by John W. Dean III
  1. Blind Ambition by John W. Dean III
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  Death Among the Ruins (Review)
  Stephen Koch
  , p. 68
  The Autumn of the Patriarch, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  1. The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Literary Crypt No. 73, p. 69
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  --- by Linda Kuehl (Review) , p. 69
  1. Amateurs by Donald Barthelme
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  Review The Face of Battle, by John Keegan (Review)
  Peter Gardner
  , p. 70
  1. The Face of Battle by John Keegan
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  2 Reviews A Dark Night's Passing, by Naoya Shiga (2 Reviews)
  Phyllis Birnbaum
  , p. 70
  1. A Dark Night's Passing by Naoya Shiga
  2. Remember Me by Fay Weldon
- [+]
  Review Freedom Spent, by Richard Harris (Review)
  Alan L. Miller
  , p. 71
  1. Freedom Spent by Richard Harris
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  Review Youthful Writings, by Albert Camus (Review)
  James Sloan Allen
  , p. 71
  1. Youthful Writings by Albert Camus
- Trade Winds
  William Cole
  , p. 72
- Artsletter
  Roland Gelatt
  , p. 73
- Shinto: A Secret World
  Katharine Kuh
  , pp. 74-76
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  Murder in the Reverential Degree (3 Reviews)
  Judith Crist
  , pp. 77-78
  The Last Tycoon (1976 Film), by Elia Kazan
  1. The Last Tycoon (1976 Film) by Elia Kazan
  2. Bound for Glory (1976 Film) by Hal Ashby
  3. The Slipper and the Rose (1976 Film) by Bryan Forbes
- Solti's "Die Meistersinger" Provides a Benchmark
  Irving Kolodin
  , p. 79
- Recordings: Recommended This Year, p. 80
- The Joffrey: Today's "Hot" Ticket
  Walter Terry
  , p. 81
- The Uncommon Commentary of Howard K. Smith
  Karl E. Meyer
  , p. 82
- Davies' Fires of London, Boulez and Stephen Japlonsky
  Irving Kolodin
  , p. 83
- Manner of Speaking
  John Ciardi
  , pp. 84-87
- Curmudgeon-at-Large
  Cleveland Amory
  , p. 88
- Wit Twister No. 86, p. 88
- Top of My Head
  Goodman Ace
  , p. 89
- Light Refractions
  Thomas H. Middleton
  , pp. 90-95
- Double-Crostic No. 113, pp. 96-98
- Cover photograph
  Mitchell Funk