April 1979
In This Issue
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Articles
The Atlantic Puzzler
Iraq
It Wasn't as Easy as It Seemed
The Amniotic Universe
Little in life is so painful as birth, but in the infant’s fear lies the origin of some of the noblest human impulses.
Afghanistan
A shah falls. The West, taken by surprise, fears not only the loss of Iranian oil but shock-wave effects on the Persian Gulf and other parts of the Middle East. Pro-Russian revolutionaries seize power in Afghanistan and shortly thereafter the American ambassador in the Afghan capital is kidnapped and killed. The hope for Arab Israeli peace raised at Camp David twists in the wind. Where American interests are concerned, the countries of this part of the world present growing difficulties and puzzles. Here are reports from two of those countries, one in which already limited U.S. influence may soon disappear altogether, the other a country that American policy-makers have for the most part ignored.
The Imperial Icehouse
Wolf Moon
The California Dynasty
They control the prosperous Los Angeles Times as well as a host of subsidiaries, but the Chandlers are more than publishers. For three generations they have stood at the center of California life, making and breaking political careers, directing the economic progress of Los Angeles, and profiting, always profiting.
The Case of the Missing Uranium
How and why did 200 pounds of highly enriched uranium vanish from a small processing plant in Pennsylvania? Why were federal agencies reluctant to press their investigations? And how was the theft related to Israel’s simultaneous development of nuclear weapons?
There's a Hero in Our Back Yard
March Day
Toward an Appropriate Technology
Our gross national product, as a measure of material wealth, bypasses the question that should interest us most: how to enhance the quality of life. This and other reflections on the peculiarities of modern economic systems, from the author of Small Is Beautiful.
Secrets
A Brief Treasury of American Folklore
Natty Bumppo Goes to War
Soldiers of '44
The Brothers Mann
Infinite Riches
The Virgin in the Garden
Abba Abba
The Letters of Virginia Woolf, Vol. Iv
A Boy at the Hogarth Press
The Last Voyage
Herland
The Pendulum and the Toxic Cloud
