September 9, 1978 Issue, THE NATION

- Sandino Somoza and Carter; The Victim's View; Defensive Dissent, p. 194
- Amtrak's Hard Road
  Patrick J. McCaffrey
  , pp. 195-196
- It Isn't Labor's Day
  A.H. Raskin
  , pp. 197-200
- Report from "Rhobabwe"
  Christopher Hitchens
  , pp. 201-202
  Rhodesia's Internal Dissolution
- The Poverty Protocol
  John Guinther
  , pp. 203-205
  Mental Health Cosmetics
- Dinosaurs & Neaderthals
  J. Brian Smith
  , pp. 206-208
  The New Right vs. the GOP
- China and Vietnam
  Gareth Porter
  , pp. 209-212
  Asia's New Cold War
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  The Discreet Charm of Soviet Reality (Review)
  Vera Dunham
  , p. 213
  The Long Goodbye, by Yury Trifonov
  1. The Long Goodbye by Yury Trifonov
- But Then
  Hank Lazer
  , p. 214
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  Siberia: Domestic & Imported (2 Reviews)
  Harlow Robinson
  , p. 215
  The Diary of Vikenty Angarov, by Victor Muravin
  1. The Diary of Vikenty Angarov by Victor Muravin
  2. Live and Remember by Valentin Rasputin
- The Years
  Gary Soto
  , p. 216
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  St. Peter's City (Review)
  Alfred Corn
  , pp. 217-218
  Petersburg, by Andrei Bely
  1. Petersburg by Andrei Bely
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  The Pure and the Impure (Review)
  Harvey Fireside
  , pp. 219-220
  The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956, by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
  1. The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956 by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
- Art
  Lawrence Alloway
  , pp. 221-224