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  1. Leaving For Korea

    By James Brady, February/March 1997, Volume 48, Issue 1

    A young man’s journey from Brooklyn to the world, from boyhood to the glimmerings of maturity, from peace to war More >>>

  2. What Were the Japanese Thinking?

    By Richard B. Frank, August 2023, Volume 68, Issue 5

    Leaders in Tokyo alone controlled when the war would end, but the regime's political structure was so complex that it crippled rational decision-making. More >>>

  3. Helen Keller—Movie Star

    By Joseph P. Lash, April/may 1980, Volume 31, Issue 3

    Most Americans are unaware of the surprising bypaths and intense digressions in the life of Helen Keller. We feel we know her story—the desperate and finally triumphant little girl of The Miracle W More >>>

  4. “You Have The Right To Remain Silent”

    By H. Mitchell Caldwell, August/September 2006, Volume 57, Issue 4

    The strange story behind the most cited case in American history: THE MIRANDA DECISION More >>>

  5. Post Haste

    By Robert L. O’connell, September/October 1989, Volume 40, Issue 6

    The urge to move documents as fast as possible has always been a national pre-occupation, because it has always been a necessity. Fax and Federal Express are just the latest among many innovations for getting the message across. More >>>

  6. Lost in Space - What Went Wrong with NASA?

    By T. A. Heppenheimer, November 1992, Volume 43, Issue 7

    When a rocket lifts off, it lights up the launch area with a brilliant burst of flame and then trails a fiery streak across the sky as it soars toward orbit. But without careful guidance all the pyrot More >>>

  7. Bringing Up Baby

    By Mary Cable, December 1972, Volume 24, Issue 1

    “What a sacred office is that of the parent!” exclaimed an anonymous contributor to The Parent’s Magazine in December, 1840. By 1915, he went on, the population of the United States should reac More >>>

  8. Battle at Valcour Island: Benedict Arnold As Hero

    By Timothy Willia…, October 1966, Volume 17, Issue 6

    Unless the makeshift Yankee admiral with his tiny homemade fleet could hold Lake Champlain, the formidable invasion from Canada might overwhelm the rebel army More >>>

  9. The Lives Of The Parties

    By Bernard A. Wei…, September 1992, Volume 43, Issue 5

    The two-party system, undreamt of by the founders of the Republic, has been one of its basic shaping forces ever since their time More >>>

  10. The Great Club Revolution

    By Cleveland Amory, December 1954, Volume 6, Issue 1

    What with all this democracy things will never be the same More >>>

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