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Publication: April 1985

General Note: Articles
When Foreign Aid Fails by Jack Shepherd

The Road to Hill 10 by William Broyles, Jr. - The last Americans fled Vietnam ten years ago. A veteran of our longest war returned to the battleground to explore the country and its people.

Reports & Comment
Notes: Earth Cookie by Cullen Murphy
Grand Junction: Can't Win for Losing by Nicholas Lemann
Ireland: Between Two Economies by Alexamder Cockburn

Humor and Fiction
Only Hugh by Roy Blount, Jr.
Made in Heaven by John Updike
Beaufort Number 12 by Guy Billout

Poetry
Midway by Sidney Lea
The Faithless by Marge Piercy

Books
Super Thoughs by Antony Burgess reviewing The Great Thoughts by George Seldes
Over There by David M. Kennedy reviewing Woodrow Wilson and World War I by Robert H. Ferrell
Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams

Other Departments
Letters to the Editor
Music: Pop Nostalgia by Stephen Holden
Audio: One-Step Stereo by Peter W. Mitchell
Food: Parlor Pizza by Corby Kummer
Movies: Rooms with Views by Terrence Rafferty
The Atlantic Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

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Citation: The Atlantic, 044Serial47072. No Date, William Colby Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=044Serial47072, Accessed 27 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 044Serial47072, William Colby Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive