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May 2007 Issue - 31 Articles- Letters to the Editor, pp. 15-24
The Agenda
- 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
Features
- 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 The Critics
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Stalin's Gift (9 Reviews) Benjamin Schwarz
, pp. 103-106 Red Storm Over the Balkans, by David M. Glantz
- Red Storm Over the Balkans by David M. Glantz
- 800 Days on the Eastern Front~~Eight Hundred Days on the Eastern Front by Nikolai Litvin
- A Writer at War by Vasily Grossman, Antony Beevor, and Luba Vinogradova, ...
- Ivan's War by Catherine Merridale
- Moscow 1941 by Rodric Braithwaite
- The Years of Extermination by Saul Friedlander
- Thunder in the East by Evan Mawdsley
- Stalin's Wars by Geoffrey Roberts
- 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
- The Choices We Made by Angela Bonavoglia
- The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler
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New Fiction (Review) Thomas Mallon
, pp. 112-115 Acceptance, by Susan Coll
- 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
- 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
- Six Exceptional Women by James Lord
- Palimpsest by Gore Vidal
- A Different Person by James Merrill
- Beaton in the Sixties by Cecil Beaton and Hugo Vickers
Cover to Cover
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History (2 Reviews) , p. 122 - Buda's Wagon by Mike Davis
- 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 - Ralph Ellison: A Biography by Arnold Rampersad
- Edith Wharton: A Biography by Hermione Lee
- Spymistress by William Stevenson
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh: First Lady of the Air by Kathleen C. Winters
- Notebooks by Tennessee Williams and Margaret Bradham Thornton, ...
- Europe's Physician by Hugh Trevor-Roper and Blair Worden
- The Mistress's Daughter by A.M. Homes
- Room for Doubt by Wendy Lesser
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Society and Culture Full Disclosure, by Archon Fung, Mary Graham, ... (3 Reviews) , p. 123 - Full Disclosure by Archon Fung, Mary Graham, and David Weil
- Impotence: A Cultural History by Angus McLaren
- 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 - In the Driver's Seat by Helen Simpson#2
- This Human Season by Louise Dean
- 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
