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January 1976 Issue
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This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • CBS: The Power and the Profits
    David Halberstam
  • Innocent Bystander: Fanfare for a Friend
    L. E. Sissman
  • Britain
    Daniel Yergin
  • Ten Green Bottles
    Ted Walker
  • Florida Morning
    Tom Mckeown
  • Debut
    Roberta Silman

Britain

By Daniel Yergin
January 1976 Issue

About the Author

Daniel Yergin
Daniel Yergin is author of The New Map: Energy, Climate, and Clash of Nations. His other books include The Quest and The Prize, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize.  He is vice chairman of IHS Markit.

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