| LETTERS | 1 |
| Tilting at Windmills | 6 |
| Peters, Charles | |
| MEMO OF THE MONTH | 12 |
| You Think the NSC is Screwed Up? | 13 |
| Eisendrath, John | |
| "Do You Want Any More Secret Documents Put in the Safe, Mr. Ambassador?" "No, Ivan, That's All for Tonight." | 17 |
| Witt, Priscilla | |
| POLITICAL PUZZLE | 19 |
| Barclay, John | |
| Tales from the Top | 23 |
| Popkin, Samuel Kernell and Samuel | |
| WHO'S WHO | 28 |
| TIDBITS AND OUTRAGES | 37 |
| The 17th Annual Political Book Award | 38 |
| Putting the Brakes on the Orient Express | 39 |
| Fallows, James | |
| MONTHLY JOURNALISM AWARD | 43 |
| The Sunday School Fascist | 46 |
| Branch, Taylor | |
| Lost in Space | 48 |
| Easterbrook, Gregg | |
| Political Booknotes | 55 |
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