In this issue
Edition: Europe
Edition: Europe
Vol. 161, No. 14
COVER
This Is War
(WAR IN IRAQ)
GULF WAR II
3 Flawed Assumptions
War designed to fit a theory can falter when key assumptions don't pan out
Two Cheers for Embedding
Don't blame the messengers for coverage of the war, says Jim Ledbetter
NOTEBOOK
The PG-Rated War
War is a force of primal disorder, but we prefer not to see it that way
Rugby 1, Supervirus 0
Disease Fears, Serbian Reckoning, Coalition Concerns

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