Harper's Magazine: July 1988

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July 1988

CONTENTS
THUMBNAILS

	Photo [Cover art] By Co Rentmeester (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Airplanes, Military PDF IMAGES
4-9	Letters/Department Letters On A grim obligation that might be made to work, from April 1988: Letter By John A. Koten Letter By J. David Staley On In defense of politics, from May 1988: Letter By Eric A. Nordlinger Letter By William E. Cooper Letter By Joseph Ferullo PDF IMAGES
10-14	Notebook/Article Northlight By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Journeys—Soviet Union—Moscow; Lapham, Lewis H.; Moscow (Russia) PDF IMAGES
15	Harper's index/Department Harper's index PDF IMAGES
17-18	Readings/Article Toward something American By Peter Marin SEE ALSO: Immigrants PDF IMAGES
19	Readings/Photo [Untitled Photo] By Margaret Bourke-White (Photog.) SEE ALSO: Aerial photographs; Farms; Flags PDF IMAGES Readings/Article A Salvadoran's plea By María Teresa Tula SEE ALSO: Application for asylum in the U.S.; El Salvador; Tula, María Teresa; Political persecution; Refugees, Political; Women political activists PDF IMAGES
22-25	Readings/Article How to talk to the PLO SEE ALSO: Eban, Abba Solomon; Arab-Israeli conflict; Interviews; Jewish-Arab relations; 1973-; Palestine Liberation Organization; Views on Jewish-Arab relations PDF IMAGES
24	Readings/Article Atlanta, warts and all SEE ALSO: Atlanta; Atlanta (Ga.); Municipal government; Press coverage; Public Relations PDF IMAGES
25	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Lingerie; Political conventions; Television journalists PDF IMAGES Readings/Article Botha's Bible—and mine By Desmond Tutu SEE ALSO: Anti-apartheid movements; Christianity and politics; Correspondence; Tutu, Desmond; Political and social views; South Africa PDF IMAGES
26-28	Readings/Article Banking after the big one SEE ALSO: Citicorp; Communication systems; Emergency management; Nuclear warfare PDF IMAGES
28	Readings/Article I sing of Norman P. By Robert Stewart and Rebekah Presson Mosby SEE ALSO: Adversaries; Ginsberg, Allen; Beat generation; Enemies (Persons); Interviews; Podhoretz, Norman; Poets, American; Views on Norman Podhoretz PDF IMAGES Readings/Article In defense of “Da Butt” By Spike Lee and Marcus Miller SEE ALSO: African Americans in motion pictures; Miller, Marcus; Lee, Spike PDF IMAGES
29	Readings/Article The Bruce nun of Istanbul By Sebla Tekli SEE ALSO: Appreciation—Turkey; Springsteen, Bruce; Rock music fans; Turkey PDF IMAGES
30-33	Readings/Article Uncle Miltie v. mass man By Walter Karp SEE ALSO: Mass media; Propaganda; Television PDF IMAGES
32	Readings/Illustration [Untitled Illustration] SEE ALSO: LSD (Drug) PDF IMAGES
33-34	Readings/Fiction Sneak By Charlie Smith PDF IMAGES
34	Readings/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Authors; Errors of usage; Translators PDF IMAGES
35-36	Readings/Article The credible word By John Berger SEE ALSO: Language and languages; Narration (Rhetoric); Style, Literary PDF IMAGES
36	Readings/Illustration Computer botany By Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz SEE ALSO: Computer graphics; Plants PDF IMAGES
37	Readings/Poem In praise of degeneration By Sidney Wade PDF IMAGES
39-50	Collection What is ours to defend? PDF IMAGES Article What is ours to defend? By Lewis H. Lapham SEE ALSO: Appropriations and expenditures; Defenses; United States. Dept. of Defense PDF IMAGES Article A new strategy to defend America By Gene R. La Rocque SEE ALSO: Defenses; Military policy; Nuclear weapons; Reorganization PDF IMAGES
44-45	Article Nuclear number-crunching for radicals By Kenneth L. Adelman SEE ALSO: Defenses; Military policy; Nuclear weapons PDF IMAGES
45	Article Withdrawal equals abandonment of our allies By Elmo R. Zumwalt SEE ALSO: Defenses; Military policy; Military relations PDF IMAGES
46	Article A war planner's lexicon SEE ALSO: Military art and science; Terminology PDF IMAGES Article A new fortress America By Gerard C. Smith SEE ALSO: Defenses; Military policy; Military relations PDF IMAGES
47	Article Not enough eggs, and all in one basket By R. Emmett Tyrrell SEE ALSO: Defenses; Military policy PDF IMAGES Article Yes, but first principles first By Ted Galen Carpenter SEE ALSO: Defenses; Military policy; Military relations PDF IMAGES
48	Article Doing Lenin's bidding By Thomas H. Moorer SEE ALSO: Cold War; Defenses; Propaganda PDF IMAGES Article Soothing the high priests of war planning By Gwynne Dyer SEE ALSO: Defenses; Military policy; Nuclear weapons PDF IMAGES
49-50	Article Admiral La Rocque responds By Gene R. La Rocque SEE ALSO: Defenses; Military policy PDF IMAGES
51-58	Fiction America competes By Allan Gurganus PDF IMAGES
60-66	Article They who throw stones: The boys of Breij By Jon Lee Anderson SEE ALSO: Gaza Strip; Intifada, 1987-; Jewish-Arab relations; 1973-; Palestinian Arabs PDF IMAGES
67-71	Article A will to cultural power: Deconstructing the de Man scandal By Mark Edmundson SEE ALSO: Criticism; Deconstruction; De Man, Paul; Political and social views; Press coverage PDF IMAGES
73-76	Fiction Man and his watch: A story for our time By Veronica Geng PDF IMAGES
77	Double acrostic/Department No. 67 By Thomas Hazlehurst Middleton PDF IMAGES
80	Puzzle/Department One by one in change (6) By Richard Maltby and E.R. Galli PDF IMAGES