TITLE: ATLANTIC Monthly Magazine
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ISSUE DATE: AUGUST 1987; VOLUME 260 No. 2
CONDITION: Magazine size: Approx 8oe" X 11". COMPLETE and in clean, VERY GOOD condition. (See photo)

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ARTICLES:
THE (RELATIVE) DECLINE OF AMERICA ... PAUL KENNEDY -- The United States has dramatically increased its military commitments since 1945 even as its share of the world economy has dramatically declined. This imbalance con- forms to a classic -- and ominous -- historical pattern.

IKE WAS RIGHT ... JAMES CHACE -- One way to help redress the balance between America's economic power and its military obligations would be to reduce U.S. troop strength in Europe.

RODEN'S EYE ... FRED HAPGOOD -- In the Arizona desert James Turrell is shaping a volcanic crater into the largest piece of serious art in the world.

OCTANE AND KNOCK ... DAVID OWEN -- For years the feeling among smart shoppers has been that all gasoline is alike. The smart shoppers are wrong.

REPORTS & COMMENT:
NOTES: GOING TO THE CATS ... CULLEN MURPHY.
NEW ORLEANS: HARD TIMES IN THE BIG EASY ... NICHOLAS LEMANN.
PARIS: A NATION OF READERS ... BRENDAN MURPHY.

POETRY:
GRANDMOTHER'S SPIT ... ANDREW HUDGINS.
DISASSEMBLY: AN ANTHOLOGY:
ACUITY ... PAMELA ALEXANDER.
UNBUILDING ... LYNNE MCMAHON.
ONE OF THE CITIZENS ... RODNEY JONES.
BREAKDOWN ... RONALD WALLACE.
A SEASHELL FROM THE SEYCHELLES ... BRIAN WICKERS.
HUMOR AND FICTION:
MY STORE OF GRIEVANCES ... JOHN WELTER.
QUICKSAND ... GUY BILLOUT.
THE WIDOW ... BETH LORDAN.

BOOKS:
THE GENTLE HEROES ... THOMAS POWERS -- Thoublesome People: The Warriors of Pac~flsm by Caroline Moorehead.
CAN WE STILL HEAR TOCQUEVILLE? ... SHELDON WOLIN -- The Strange Liberalism of Alexis de Tocqueville by Roger Boesche.
BRIEF REVIEWS ... PHOEBE-LOU ADAMS.

OTHER DEPARTMENTS:
CONTRIBUTORS.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE AUGUST ALMANAC.
FASHION: RALPH LAUREN'S ACHIEVEMENT ... HOLLY BRUBACH.
HEALTH: SNAKE OIL ... ELLEN RUPPEL SHELL.
MUSIC: LARGE-SCALE JAZZ ... FRANCIS DAVIS.
ACROSTIC No. 25 ... DOROTHY OSBORNE.
THE PUZZLER ... EMILY COX AND HENRY RATHVON.
WORD WATCH ... ANNE H. SOUKHANOV.
Cover illustration by Seymour Chwast.
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