ANALYSIS
The KGB and Soviet Reform
William Gertz
From Super to Final Tuesday
Bill Whalen
Czechoslovakia's Struggle for the Future
Jiří V. Kotas
The World Bank and the Triumph of Third World Statism
James Bovard

COMMENTARY
National Security and Fiscal Reality: An Impending Collision
Harlan K. Ullman
Soviet Target: The Indian Ocean
Robert J. Hanks
The Economy That Won't
John H. Fund
'Yellow Light' for U.S. Arms Sales to China
Martin L. Lasater

 

DIMENSIONS
New Trends in Bridal Showers
Gail Greco

FASHION
Scents in Time
Judy Wade

FOOD
More Room for Mushrooms
Lynn Skow

GARDENS
Great Ground Covers
Walter Chandoha

HEALTH
Fetal Therapy: Life-saving Breakthrough
Alexandra Greeley

PASTIMES
A Bit of Transcendence
Michael Rozek

PERSONALITY
Destiny and Douchan Gersi
Harvey Hagman

FEATURED BOOK: Paul Kennedy's The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
Introduction
Editor

The Making of a Scholarly Best-seller
Amos Perlmutter

Personality and Politics in the Early Modern Era
John G. Gagliardo

The Sick Eagle and the Politics of Despair
Walter A. McDougall

REVIEWS
Toward a Holistic Theory Reality
J.W.P. Traphagan
THE COSMIC BLUEPRINT
Paul Davies
THE MIRACLE OF EXISTENCE
Henry Margenau
ONE WORLD
John Polkinghorne

Free Speech and Libertarian Myopia
George Carey
A WORTHY TRADITION
Harry Kalven, Jr., edited by Jamie Kalven

Battle for the Conservative Flag
Larry D. Nachman
THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT
Paul Gottfried and Thomas Fleming

American Catholicism at the Crossroads: To Rome or Managua?
Gary Bullert
THE CATHOLIC MOMENT
Richard John Neuhaus

Is It Real?
Georgie Anne Geyer
THE NEW POLITICS OF OLD VALUES
John Kenneth White

Investing in Success
Grover Norquist
BUYING INTO AMERICA:
Martin and Susan Tolchin

T.S. Eliot: From Many to One
Michael D. Aeschliman
T.S. ELIOT AND INDIC TRADITIONS
Cleo McNelly Kearns

Judaism's Far-Flung Family
Edward S. Shapiro
THE THIRTEENTH GATE
Tudor Parfitt

How America Went West
David Hallman
SELLING THE WILD WEST:
Christine Bold

Guides for Children's Home Learning
Patricia Marie Lines
THE BIG BOOK OF HOME LEARNING
Mary Pride
THE NEXT BOOK OF HOME LEARNING
Mary Pride
BOOKS CHILDREN LOVE: A GUIDE
Elizabeth Wilson

The Quest for Total Power
Arthur Waldron
THE CHINESE EMPEROR
Jean Lévi, translated from the French by Barbara Bray

ART
Paul Gauguin: Rebel as Glorious Artist
Marla Prather
Salvation Through Art: Repressed Eastern Europe Speaks Out
Derek Guthrie
America's Citadel of Medieval Art: The Cloisters at 50
Mary B. Shepard

DANCE
Kirov's Le Corsaire Dazzles Paris
David Stevens
Perpetuating Balanchine: A Merger in the World of Ballet
Don McDonagh

FILM
Waiting for Parousia: Angst on Film from a Brilliant Young Pole
Krzysztof Klopotowski

INTERARTS
Childhood Dreams: The Wondrous World of Winsor McCay
Elliott Stein

MUSIC
Resurrecting the Baroque Sound: A Majestic Old Timbre for New Instruments
Adri de Groot

PHOTOGRAPHY
Edward Weston: Rediscovery Through the Lens
William F. Stapp

POETRY
Celebrating René Char: Reflections of a French Poet
Translated by Jonathan Griffin and Mary Ann Caws

THEATER
Zola's Nana: A Metaphor for Our Age?
Herb Greer
What Makes Macbeth Run?: Two British Superstars Work It Out
George Szamuely

IMPACTS
Alchemy: The Roots of Chemistry
B.J.T. Dobbs

NATURE WALK
The Mayapple
Georgia J. Persinos

SCIENCE ESSAY
Mono Lake: Solving an Environmental Dilemma
Daniel B. Botkin and John A. Wiens

SCIENTISTS: PAST AND PRESENT
Hannes Alfvén: Dean of the Plasma Dissidents
Anthony L. Peratt

FOLK WISDOM
Truth Never Sleeps: Myths of the Omaha
Roger L. Welsch

HERITAGE
Jewish Identity in America, Part One
Edward S. Shapiro
'So Secure a Harbor': English Settlements in Maine
Eric Olsen

PEOPLES
Green Arabia: Continuity and Change in North Yemen
Daniel Martin Varisco
Rural Malay Kinship
David J. Banks