February 1956 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

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- Can Men Live Without War?
  Vannevar Bush
  , pp. 35-38
- Rhythm in My Blood
  Agnes de Mille
  , pp. 39-43
- Asia's Needs and Western Policy
  Barbara Ward
  , pp. 44-48
- Saybrook Point
  E.G. Burrows
  , p. 49
- Nightcoach from Salzburg
  Harold Witt
  , p. 50
- A Winter's Song
  James L. Rosenberg
  , p. 50
- A Ballad of Holy Week
  Daniel Sullivan
  , p. 51
- Medal in the Sky
  Leo Rosten
  , pp. 52-56
  A Story
- Mozart and Nancy Storace
  Boris Goldovsky
  , pp. 57-60
- The Fly Farm
  Grant Cannon
  , pp. 61-64
- The Day Aunt Chaya Was Buried
  Wolf Mankowitz
  , pp. 65-68
  A Story
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  The Stature of Harry Truman (Review)
  Herbert Elliston
  , pp. 69-73
  The Year of Decisions, by Harry S. Truman
  1. The Year of Decisions by Harry S. Truman
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  The Peripatetic Reviewer (3 Reviews)
  Edward Weeks
  , pp. 74-77
  1. Herblock's Here and Now by Herbert Block
  2. Bugles and a Tiger by John Masters
  3. Island in the Sun by Alec Waugh
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  Reader's Choice The Secret of the Hittites, by C.W. Ceram (6 Reviews)
  Charles J. Rolo
  , pp. 78-84
  1. The Secret of the Hittites by C.W. Ceram
  2. The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor
  3. The Quest for Corvo by A.J.A. Symons
  4. The Honorable Picnic by Thomas Raucat
  5. The Trail of the Dinosaur, and Other Essays by Arthur Koestler
  6. Henry Adams: A Biography by Elizabeth Stevenson
- Express Highways
  Charles W. Morton
  , p. 85
- Inside Stuff
  Guy Halferty
  , p. 86
- Save Our Symbols!
  Carl Rose
  , p. 87
- On a Horse and a Goat
  R.P. Lister
  , p. 88
- Record Reviews
  John M. Conly
  , pp. 89-91
- Pleasures and Places
  Mitchell Goodman
  , pp. 92-96
  Scandinavian Holiday
- Brazil: The Good Neighbor, pp. 97-99
- Introduction by the Editor
  Carleton Sprague Smith
  , p. 100
- The Good Neighbor
  Mauricio Nabuco
  , pp. 101-103
- Brazilian Melting Pot
  Gilberto Freyre
  , pp. 104-107
- Blue and White
  Vinicius de Morais
  , p. 108
- Music
  Jose de Andrade Muricy
  , pp. 109-111
- Fandango
  Erico Verissimo
  , pp. 112-116
  A Sketch
- Men, Ideas, and Institutions
  Alceu Amoroso Lima
  , pp. 117-121
- The Beauty Contest
  Alcantara Machado
  , pp. 122-123
  A Story
- The Guardian Angels
  Augusto Frederico Schmidt
  , p. 124
- The Art of the Tropics
  Jose Valladares
  , pp. 125-127
- The Birth
  Cecilia Meireles
  , p. 128
- Reproductions of Art & Architecture, pp. 129-136
- Testimony of a Carioca Architect
  Lucio Costa
  , pp. 137-138
- The Cactus and Mozart in Heaven
  Manuel Bandeira
  , p. 139
- Recollections of a Right Arm
  Rubem Braga
  , pp. 140-141
  A Story
- Modern Writing in Brazil
  Antonio Candido
  , pp. 142-145
- The Poem
  Joao Cabral de Melo Neto
  , p. 146
- Yemanja
  Jorge Amado
  , pp. 147-151
  A Story
- The Tide of Government
  Afonso Arinos
  , pp. 152-156
- Dramatic Renaissance
  Decio de Almeida Prado
  , pp. 157-159
- Childhood
  Carlos Drummond de Andrade
  , p. 160
- The Funnyman Who Repented
  Monteiro Lobato
  , pp. 161-165
  A Story
- A Chronology of Brazilian History, p. 166
- Some Suggested Readings, p. 167
- A Glossary of Brazilian Expressions, p. 167
- A Map of Brazil
  Dorothy de Fontaine
  , pp. 168-170
- Cover painting
  Candido Portinari