Publication: December 1991

General Note: Reports & Comment
Notes: Remember Pearl Harbor How by James Fallows
Great Britain: "That Woman" Versus the Chattering Classes by Geoffrey Wheatcroft

The POW/MIA Myth by H. Bruce Franklin - Every year the United States government officially declares that it is operating "on the assumption that at least some Americans are held captive" in the jungles of Southeast Asia - prisoners since the days of the Vietnam War. Polls suggest that most Americans also believe that POWs are still being held. And Hollywood has powerfully reinforced this belief. But a careful review of the evidence, the author contends, shows that it is groundless - a myth created and exploited for political reasons.

The Other Underclass by Nicholas Lemann

Humor, Fiction, and Poetry
On the Liquidation of the Mustang Ranch by the Internal Revenue Service by X. J. Kennedy
Departures by Jill McCorkle
Infinite Room by Tess Gallagher
Low Tide by Guy Billout

Arts and Liesure
Music: Revolutionary Strains by Matthew Gurewitsch
Food: Ruby and Tawny by Corby Kummer

Books
Put the Blame on Mame by Wendy Kaminer
Brief Reviews by Phoebe-Lou Adams

Other Departments
745 Boylston Street/Contrigutors
Letters to the Editor
The December Almanac
The Puzzler by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Word Watch by Anne H. Soukhanov

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Citation: The Atlantic, 2881Serial611044. No Date, Barry Wain Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2881Serial611044, Accessed 27 Jan 2026.

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