May 2007 Issue, THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY

- Letters to the Editor, pp. 15-24
- Comment
  Andrew J. Bacevich
  , pp. 25-28
  Why we should worry about the military's increased political assertiveness
- Calendar
  Matthew Quirk
  , p. 29
  Immigrants on parade; Scottish pride; Korea's transgendered pop stars
- Primary Sources, pp. 30-35
  Presidential tea leaves; open-market elves; the fine art of sword-swallowing
- The World in Numbers
  Graeme Wood
  , pp. 36-37
  Serious trouble is brewing in Iraq's one quiet corner: the Kurdish north
- Poll, pp. 38-41
  Iran in Iraq
- Washington
  Marc Ambinder
  , pp. 42-45
  What role will Hillary's husband play in the campaign?
- First Principles
  Clive Crook
  , pp. 46-50
  The age of the dollar has been great for America---but it may end soon
- 150 years of The Atlantic: Humor, pp. 51-53
- The Play
  Mark Bowden
  , pp. 54-69
  How the U.S. military cracked al-Zarqawi's inner circle
- The Kingdom in the Closet
  Nadya Labi
  , pp. 70-79
  Saudi Arabia's gay underground
- Acceptance Speech
  David Yezzi
  , pp. 80-83
- The Minister for National Fears
  Gershom Gorenberg
  , pp. 84-91
  The sudden appeal of Avigdor Lieberman
- Let's Die Together
  David Samuels
  , pp. 92-97
  Group suicide in Japan
- 1950
  Wyatt Prunty
  , pp. 98-102
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  Stalin's Gift (9 Reviews)
  Benjamin Schwarz
  , pp. 103-106
  Red Storm Over the Balkans, by David M. Glantz
  1. Red Storm Over the Balkans by David M. Glantz
  2. 800 Days on the Eastern Front~~Eight Hundred Days on the Eastern Front by Nikolai Litvin
  3. A Writer at War by Vasily Grossman, Antony Beevor, and Luba Vinogradova, ...
  4. Ivan's War by Catherine Merridale
  5. Moscow 1941 by Rodric Braithwaite
  6. The Years of Extermination by Saul Friedlander
  7. Thunder in the East by Evan Mawdsley
  8. Stalin's Wars by Geoffrey Roberts
  9. Europe at War, 1939-1945 by Norman Davies
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  The Sanguine Sex (2 Reviews)
  Caitlin Flanagan
  , pp. 107-111
  The Choices We Made, by Angela Bonavoglia
  1. The Choices We Made by Angela Bonavoglia
  2. The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler
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  New Fiction (Review)
  Thomas Mallon
  , pp. 112-115
  Acceptance, by Susan Coll
  1. Acceptance by Susan Coll
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  One Fraught Englishman (Review)
  Christopher Hitchens
  , pp. 116-120
  The Life of Kingsley Amis, by Zachary Leader
  1. The Life of Kingsley Amis by Zachary Leader
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  Travels With Their Aunts (4 Reviews)
  Sally Singer
  , p. 121
  Six Exceptional Women, by James Lord
  1. Six Exceptional Women by James Lord
  2. Palimpsest by Gore Vidal
  3. A Different Person by James Merrill
  4. Beaton in the Sixties by Cecil Beaton and Hugo Vickers
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  History (2 Reviews) , p. 122
  1. Buda's Wagon by Mike Davis
  2. West from Appomattox by Heather Cox Richardson
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  Biography and Memoir Ralph Ellison: A Biography, by Arnold Rampersad (8 Reviews) , p. 122
  1. Ralph Ellison: A Biography by Arnold Rampersad
  2. Edith Wharton: A Biography by Hermione Lee
  3. Spymistress by William Stevenson
  4. Anne Morrow Lindbergh: First Lady of the Air by Kathleen C. Winters
  5. Notebooks by Tennessee Williams and Margaret Bradham Thornton, ...
  6. Europe's Physician by Hugh Trevor-Roper and Blair Worden
  7. The Mistress's Daughter by A.M. Homes
  8. Room for Doubt by Wendy Lesser
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  Society and Culture Full Disclosure, by Archon Fung, Mary Graham, ... (3 Reviews) , p. 123
  1. Full Disclosure by Archon Fung, Mary Graham, and David Weil
  2. Impotence: A Cultural History by Angus McLaren
  3. The Cigarette Century by Allan M. Brandt
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  Fiction In the Driver's Seat, by Helen Simpson#2 (3 Reviews) , pp. 123-124
  1. In the Driver's Seat by Helen Simpson#2
  2. This Human Season by Louise Dean
  3. Body Surfing by Anita Shreve
- Travels
  Clive Crook
  , pp. 125-127
  A safari by air over Namibia's haunting sands
- Food
  Corby Kummer
  , pp. 128-132
  An exciting new Italian bazaar makes Whole Foods look like the A&P---and it's coming to...
- Culture and Commerce
  Virginia Postrel
  , pp. 133-135
  Why fashion deserves its place in art museums
- Technology
  James Fallows
  , pp. 136-137
  New programs ease the frustration of working with others online
- Content
  Michael Hirschorn
  , pp. 138-143
  What the snobs don't understand about reality TV
- Word Fugitives
  Barbara Wallraff
  , pp. 144-146
  Mockingbird flu; technological no-how
- Cover
  Alan Mahan