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September 1984 Issue
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This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • Stopping at the Savoy
    Holly Brubach
  • Appropriate Technology
    James Fallows
  • The Art of Memory
    Richard Sennktt
  • The Pulse of Capitalism
    David M. Cordon
  • Son of the Gulag
    Bernard Levin
  • Tough Guys Don't Dance
    Phoebe-Lou Adams

The Attack on the Liberty

Israel’s attack on an American ship during the Arab-Israeli war of 1967 has been the subject of controversy ever since. Now new evidence throws light on this “tragic accident”

By Hirsh Goodman and Zeev Schiff
September 1984 Issue

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