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Readings

Excerpts from the best and most bizarre new books, testimonies, government documents, journals, news reports, speeches, and letters.

Disinformation

by Harper’s Staff,

In the White House, they are rehearsing again for a show of peace

by Harper’s Staff,

The Pharmacology of Zombies

by Wade Davis,

Excerpted from an article by E. Wade Davis in the November 1983 issue of the Journal of Ethnopharmacology. A fuller account of Davis’s search for the Haitian zombie poison was…

From Washington

by Wolf Blitzer,

End of the world news

by Harper’s Staff,

From New York

Art by Richard Bosman,

For body parts

by Harper’s Staff,

Two Cheers for Dictatorship

by Alexander Meigs Haig,

From Moscow

by Harper’s Staff,

For nuclear weapons

by William Walter Hoover,

How to recognise a European (through American eyes)

by Harper’s Staff,

Markets

by Harper’s Staff,

For punishment

by Kevin Krajick,

Black ops, 1963 to 1983

by Tom Gervasi,

The trouble with commissions

by Paul E. Peterson,

Washington

by Harper’s Staff,

Tale of two cities

by Harper’s Staff,

New York

by Harper’s Staff,

The real world

by Barbara Martin,

Why U.S. industry is coming home

by Wassily W. Leontief,

Democratic algebra

by Harper’s Staff,

Propaganda, Peruvian-style

by Harper’s Staff,

In Grenada

by Wilfred Baptiste,

In Argentina

by Andrew Graham-Yooll,

Conversions

by Harper’s Staff,

A Plea for Diplomacy

by George Frost Kennan,

War preparers anonymous

by Kurt Vonnegut,

The call

by Ronald Reagan,

Congressional sources

by Harper’s Staff,

Private sector initiatives

by Harper’s Staff,

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Disinformation

In the White House, they are rehearsing again for a show of peace

The Pharmacology of Zombies

From Washington

End of the world news

From New York

For body parts

Two Cheers for Dictatorship

From Moscow

For nuclear weapons

How to recognise a European (through American eyes)

Markets

For punishment

Black ops, 1963 to 1983

The trouble with commissions

Washington

Tale of two cities

New York

The real world

Why U.S. industry is coming home

Democratic algebra

Propaganda, Peruvian-style

In Grenada

In Argentina

Conversions

A Plea for Diplomacy

War preparers anonymous

The call

Congressional sources

Private sector initiatives

April 1984

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