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2002

Stories Published in this Year

And how history shows it’s actually good for us

The Longest Ride | November/December 2002 (Volume: 53, Issue: 6)

MAMA GOES TO
VOTE

A TRIBUTE TO THE BUSIEST MAN IN AMERICA

Special Forces | November/December 2002 (Volume: 53, Issue: 6)

The least-understood branch of our military was born 60 years ago but today is coming into prominence as never before.

A Hard School | November/December 2002 (Volume: 53, Issue: 6)

TRAINING TO JOIN SPECIAL FORCES

Lost Tracks | November/December 2002 (Volume: 53, Issue: 6)

A streetcar fan’s photo album is a window opening on the vanished workaday beauty of downtown.

The campaign to revise Hitler’s reputation has gone on for 50 years, but there’s another strategy now. Some of it is built on the work of the head of the Gestapo—who may have enjoyed a comfortable retirement in America.

Frankophilia | November/December 2002 (Volume: 53, Issue: 6)

WHY SINATRA IS OUR GREATEST SINGER, PERIOD

The little-appreciated U.S. public-land survey not only opened up our frontier but made possible our freedoms.

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