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Sudan:A Microcosm of Africa's Ills

by Robert D. Kaplan

The Atlantic Monthly, April 1986, pp. 20-23

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      5. The Prodigy by Amy Wallace
      6. American Classic by Mary Swope and Walter H. Kerr
      7. Biography of Broken Fortunes by Jane Maher
      8. Stillness and Shadows by John Gardner
    20. Acrostic No. 13 by Dorothy Osborne, pp. 93-95
    21. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 96-98
    22. Cover illustration by Jozef Sumichrast
  9. [+]
    September 1986 Issue = 27 Articles
    1. Contributors, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 6-11
    3. The September Almanac, pp. 12-13
    4. Reports & Comment by Roy Blount, Jr., p. 14
    5. New Zealand: The Politics of Identity by David Harlan, pp. 14-19
    6. Jobs: Women in the Work Force by George Gilder, pp. 20-25
    7. The Law: Trust Versus Antitrust by Katrin Bridget Snow, pp. 26-31
    8. The Enchanted Glade by George Starbuck, pp. 32-34
    9. The Japanese Are Different From You and Me by James Fallows, pp. 35-41
    10. Incident at Mhlaba Jail by Ernst Havemann, pp. 42-44
    11. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, p. 45
    12. "The Target Is Destroyed" by Seymour M. Hersh, pp. 46-69
    13. Words From the Wise by Vivian Ducat, pp. 70-76
    14. A Family of Poems by Marilyn Hacker, p. 77
    15. My Father's Shirt by Sharon Olds, p. 77
    16. Epithalamion by Katha Pollitt, p. 78
    17. Analogies of the Leaf by Stanley Plumly, p. 79
    18. Late Loving by Mona Van Duyn, pp. 80-91
    19. Music: A Third-Stream Opera by Francis Davis, pp. 92-93
    20. Design: From a Spark to a Flame by Robert P. Crease, pp. 94-95
    21. [+]
      Teacher's Pet by Martin Amis, pp. 96-99 - 1 Review
      1. Ulysses: A Critical and Synoptic Edition by James Joyce, Hans Walter Gabler, and Wolfhard Steppe, ...
    22. [+]
      Sex in Our Time by Phyllis Rose, pp. 100-101 - 2 Reviews
      1. Rediscovering Love by Willard Gaylin
      2. Re-Making Love by Barbara Ehrenreich, Elizabeth Hess, and Gloria Jacobs, ...
    23. [+]
      The Triumph of the Nerds by Lloyd Rose, pp. 102-103 - 1 Review
      1. It by Stephen King
    24. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, p. 104 - 8 Reviews
      1. Singletusk by Bjorn Kurten
      2. The Anti-Soviet Soviet Union by Vladimir Voinovich
      3. Alaska: Southeast to McKinley by Andrew Jaffe, Lisa Tysen, and Sven-Olof Lindblad, ...
      4. Imposters by George V. Higgins
      5. Men's Lives by Peter Matthiessen
      6. Velazquez: Painter and Courtier by Jonathan Brown
      7. Portrait of Delmore by Delmore Schwartz and Elizabeth Pollet
      8. The Hiroshima Murals by John Junkerman, John W. Dower, Iri Maruki, and Toshi Maruki, ...
    25. Acrostic No. 14 by Dorothy Osborne, pp. 105-107
    26. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 108-110
    27. Cover illustration by Theo Rudnak
  10. [+]
    October 1986 Issue = 23 Articles
    1. Contributors, pp. 4-5
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 6-19
    3. The October Almanac, pp. 20-21
    4. Reports & Comment by Roy Blount, Jr., p. 22
    5. The Press: New Money on Fleet Street by Simon Jenkins, pp. 22-27
    6. Washington: The Business of Politics by Gregg Easterbrook, pp. 28-37
    7. Paris: Tools of Torture by Phyllis Rose, pp. 38-39
    8. A Short History of the World by Jill Crane, pp. 40-42
    9. How Business is Reshaping America by Christopher B. Leinberger and Charles Lockwood, ..., pp. 43-55
    10. Night Sport by William Hoffman, pp. 56-60
    11. Double Dactyls by George Starbuck, pp. 61-62
    12. Light by Guy Billout, p. 63
    13. Where Toys Come From by David Owen, pp. 64-79
    14. Archyology by Don Marquis, pp. 80-84
    15. Music: Schnabel's Beethoven Restored by William H. Youngren, pp. 85-88
    16. Sports: The Linemakers by Richard Zacks, pp. 89-93
    17. [+]
      The Crisis in Abstract Art by Hilton Kramer, pp. 94-97 - 1 Review
      1. Working Space by Frank Stella
    18. [+]
      Accidental Suicide by Barbara Ehrenreich, pp. 98-99 - 1 Review
      1. Why We Lost the ERA by Jane J. Mansbridge
    19. [+]
      Unvarnished Veritas by Cullen Murphy, pp. 100-101 - 1 Review
      1. The Harvard Guide to Influential Books by C. Maury Devine, Claudia M. Dissel, and Kim D. Parrish, ...
    20. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 102-104 - 8 Reviews
      1. Home: A Short History of an Idea by Witold Rybczynski
      2. Roger's Version by John Updike
      3. North by Northeast by Walter Cronkite and Ray G. Ellis
      4. Brantwood by Peter Hoyle
      5. The Mexican Pet by Jan Harold Brunvand
      6. Adam's Task by Vicki Hearne
      7. Icebound by Leonard F. Guttridge
      8. Domenico Tiepolo: The Punchinello Drawings by Adelheid M. Gealt and Domenico Tiepolo
    21. Acrostic No. 15 by Dorothy Osborne, pp. 105-107
    22. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 108-110
    23. Cover illustration by Seymour Chwast
  11. [+]
    November 1986 Issue = 22 Articles
    1. Contributors, pp. 6-9
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 10-19
    3. The November Almanac, pp. 20-21
    4. Reports & Comment by David Owen, pp. 22-23
    5. The Far East: No-Fat City by James Fallows, pp. 24-27
    6. Politics: England, Whose England? by Nicholas Lemann, pp. 28-39
    7. No Longer Out of Place, Not Even You by Roy Blount, Jr., pp. 40-44
    8. Intimate Partners by Maggie Scarf, pp. 45-94
    9. Someone From Cracow by Justine De Lacy, pp. 95-105
    10. Along the Western Front by Jack Beatty, pp. 106-111
    11. Sinew by Raymond Carver, pp. 112-117
    12. The Quality of Life by Sue Miller, pp. 118-121
    13. In Memory of Mrs. Snow, My First Piano Teacher by Donald Justice, pp. 122-124
    14. First Encounters by Edward Sorel and Nancy Caldwell Sorel, p. 125
    15. Music: Avant-Garde Comrades by Francis Davis, pp. 126-129
    16. Pop Culture: A Star Is Generated by Terrence Rafferty, pp. 130-132
    17. [+]
      From Beyond the Bars of Time by Lloyd Rose, pp. 133-134 - 1 Review
      1. The Enchanter by Vladimir Nabokov
    18. [+]
      Reading, Writing, and Religion by Katie Leishman, pp. 135-138 - 1 Review
      1. God's Choice by Alan Peshkin
    19. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 139-140 - 6 Reviews
      1. Here Lies Eric Ambler by Eric Ambler
      2. The Grandmothers' Club by Alan Cheuse
      3. Peckham's Marbles by Peter De Vries
      4. The Magic Feather by Lori Granger and William Granger
      5. The Pianoplayers by Anthony Burgess
      6. Through a Glass Darkly by Karleen Koen
    20. Acrostic No. 16 by Dorothy Osborne, pp. 141-143
    21. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 144-146
    22. Cover illustration by Etienne Delessert
  12. [+]
    December 1986 Issue = 21 Articles
    1. Contributors, pp. 4-6
    2. Letters to the Editor, pp. 7-11
    3. The December Almanac, pp. 12-13
    4. Reports & Comment by David Owen, p. 14
    5. Language: Esperanto Lives by James Fallows, pp. 14-23
    6. Chile: The Moral Limits of Self-Interest by Tina Rosenberg, pp. 24-29
    7. Monastic Mayhem by John Harris, pp. 30-36
    8. "Who Do Men Say That I Am?" by Cullen Murphy, pp. 37-44
    9. On the Last Day of the World: Waiting on the Roof by Sophia C. Black, pp. 45-58
    10. Prop by Guy Billout, p. 59
    11. May Angels Lead You Home by Sharon Sheehe Stark, pp. 60-65
    12. Intimate Partners by Maggie Scarf, pp. 66-76
    13. Mr. Meese, Meet Mr. Madison by Jack N. Rakove, pp. 77-79
    14. Sigodlin by Robert Morgan, pp. 80-91
    15. Fashion: The Hunger for Hermes by Holly Brubach, pp. 92-96
    16. Design: The Kitchen Enters the Stone Age by Philip Langdon, pp. 97-100
    17. [+]
      The Cant of Pity by Conor Cruise O'Brien, pp. 101-102 - 1 Review
      1. The Tears of the White Man by Pascal Bruckner
    18. [+]
      Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams, pp. 103-104 - 9 Reviews
      1. The Monkey's Wrench by Primo Levi
      2. Seeds of Change by Henry Hobhouse
      3. Mishima: A Vision of the Void by Marguerite Yourcenar
      4. On Acting by Laurence Olivier
      5. Style and Substance by Judith Martin
      6. VN: The Life and Art of Vladimir Nabokov by Andrew Field
      7. Whales, Ice, and Men by John R. Bockstoce
      8. Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo by Henry D. Smith and Ando Hiroshige
      9. Norman Rockwell: A Definitive Catalogue by Laurie Norton Moffatt
    19. Acrostic No. 17 by Dorothy Osborne, pp. 105-107
    20. The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, pp. 108-110
    21. Cover illustration by Fred Otnes
7. [+]
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8. [+]
  Issues of 1988 = 12 Issues, 277 Articles
9. [+]
  Issues of 1989 = 12 Issues, 276 Articles
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  Issues of 1990 = 12 Issues, 261 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 1991 = 11 Issues, 217 Articles
3. [+]
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  Issues of 1994 = 12 Issues, 247 Articles
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  Issues of 1996 = 11 Issues, 232 Articles
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  Issues of 1999 = 12 Issues, 260 Articles
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  Issues of 2000 = 12 Issues, 273 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 2001 = 11 Issues, 406 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 2002 = 11 Issues, 404 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 2003 = 10 Issues, 336 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 2004 = 10 Issues, 341 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 2005 = 9 Issues, 318 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 2006 = 10 Issues, 382 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 2007 = 9 Issues, 264 Articles
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  Issues of 2008 = 10 Issues, 257 Articles
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  Issues of 2009 = 10 Issues, 223 Articles
[+]
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  Issues of 2010 = 1 Issue, 22 Articles