February/March 2004

Volume 55 , Issue 1
February/March 2004

Departments

50/50

The Fifty Biggest Changes In The Last Fifty Years
Terry Golway

History Happened Here

At Home In Edenton
Jane Colihan

History Now

History Now

In the News

“Your Brave and Early Fallen Child…”
Kevin Baker

Letter From the Editor

Old News
Richard F. Snow

Time Machine

1979 25 Years Ago
Frederic D. Schwarz

Features

Anatomy Of A Crisis

Forty years ago the USS Maddox fought the first battle of America’s longest war. How it happened—and even if it happened—are still fiercely debated.

Mike Mclaughlin
Before & After

Cosmetic surgery was born 2,500 years ago and came of age in the inferno of the Western Front. The controversy about it is still growing.

Ellen Feldman

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