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IssueVol. 040 Issue 002 (February 1 1976)
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Paid articleAngola-and Armageddon
COMMENT Angola-and Armageddon A young man of our acquaintance who will soon turn eighteen—the age at which American males are still required by law to register with the Selective Service...
Paid articleThe Word from Washington
THE WORD FROM WASHINGTON This month's column is devoted exclusively and lovingly to the wit and wisdom of Ronald Reagan, as postulated by several distinguished syndicated columnists and confirmed...
Paid articleTHE DOOMSDAY STRATEGY
Lens, Sidney
The Doomsday Strategy SIDNEY LENS Harry S. Truman was aboard the Augusta, returning from the Potsdam conference in August 1945, when he was handed a note that the first atom bomb had been...
Paid articleThe 'Deterrence' Myth
The 'Deterrence' Myth The nuclear menace is not apparent to the naked eye; America's policymakers cloak its self-propelling nature —and their intent—in defensive rhetoric. The United States, they...
Paid articleThe Win Syndrome
The Win Syndrome Why? The decision-makers understand how frightful a nuclear war would be—they understand it much better than the rest of us do. But they are motivated by considerations that are...
Paid articleMobilizing for War
Mobilizing for War From the very outset, however, it was apparent that the bomb did not have the magic qualities its admirers attributed to it. Certainly it deterred an enemy, made him think twice...
Paid articleThe Scare Technique
The Scare Technique The most ominous feature of the win syndrome has been its self-propelling character. As the constituency for a nuclear arms race broadened, few people questioned basic...
Paid articleMad Momentum
Mad Momentum Thus, what began as a delusion—that the bomb assured American preponderance at least for the Twentieth Century—has been compounded into catastrophe. The nuclear race proceeds on its...
Paid articleThe Doomsday Defense
The Doomsday Defense McNamara left his post before the end of the Johnson Administration a chastened and disillusioned figure. His "brush fire" war strategy had failed in Vietnam, his civilian...
Paid articleSound without Substance
Sound without Substance One of the most pathetic aspects of the nuclear race has been the inability of either the public or Congress to develop an effective counterthrust. Every administration,...
Paid articleWalking to the Brink
Walking to the Brink Two automobile drivers head toward each other at breakneck speed, each willing to gamble on death to prove his courage. The driver who finally swerves to avoid the head-on...
Paid articleThe 'Peaceful' Threat
The 'Peaceful' Threat The impulse for Doomsday came, until recently, from a single direction—a win syndrome based on military preparedness; today it comes from another source as well. Eisenhower's...
Paid articleSurvival
Survival Because of its catastrophic scope, the nuclear menace is neither believable nor believed by the general public. It has been absorbed, grain by grain, over a period of thirty years, so that...
Paid articleReflections: On a Disaster Area
Morrissett, Ann
REFLECTIONS On a Disaster Area ANN MORRISSETT Not far from where I live in Pennsylvania, floods were so bad last fall that Governor Milton Shapp asked the Government to declare the region a...
Paid articleFalling Apart
Friedman, Saul
Falling Apart SAUL FRIEDMAN Flint, Michigan The nurses at Hurley Hospital, the teachers at Flint's day care centers, and the caseworkers for Genesee County can't tell you the latest unemployment...
Paid articleWhat Makes Young Russians Tick
SHAPIRO, HENRY
What Makes Young Russians Tick HENRY SHAPIRO The population of the Soviet Union is predominantly young, but its top rulers are still rooted in the Stalin era. More than 80 per cent of the people...
Paid articleEnraged Teacher
Solomon, Norman
Enraged Teacher THE NIGHT IS DARK AND I AM FAR FROM HOME, by Jonathan Kozol. Houghton Mifflin. 209 pp. $7.95. NORMAN SOLOMON Seven years have passed since Jonathan Kozol's expose of the Boston...
Paid articleGolda Meir
Gersh, Gabriel
Golda Meir MY LIFE, by Golda Meir. G.P. Putnam's Sons. 480 pp. $12.50. GABRIEL GERSH At various stages of her career Golda Meir paused with amazement to ask what she, "little Goldie," the...
Paid articleBooks Briefly
Books Briefly UPTON SINCLAIR: AMERICAN REBEL, by Leon Harris (Crowell. 435 pp. $12.95). We learn from this book that Upton Sinclair was self-righteous, obsessive, puritanical, a workaholic, greedy...
Paid articleLetters
LETTERS On 'Sterilizing the Poor' The medical practitioners described by Claudia Dreifus in "Sterilizing the Poor" (December issue) are not typical of all U.S. physicians today. How did such...
Paid articleEnd Game: Fervor
Lipez, Richard
END GAME Fervor RICHARD LIPEZ The spirit of the American Revolution is alive and vital at the Just Plain Folks Bank and Trust Company of East Klovenhoof, Connecticut, where bank president...
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