02 April 1999
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Cover story
How the doves turned hawkish
The postwar generation that now rules the west cares for human rights above all else, and it will fight for them
Features
Taxing times for Alex Salmond
The SNP is now staking its election chances on Scots' generous instincts, reports Kirsty Milne
Today Kosovo, tomorrow the world
You thought Nato was redundant after the cold war? Think again. The US has big plans for the alliance. Bill Hayton reports
Welcome back to the 19th century
James Buchan predicts that stable prices, as in Victorian times, will create a fabulously rich rentier class, and a congealed society
Who rules the world?
Three bodies were set up as economic therapists to the globe. Duncan Parrish finds them much diminished
A question of black and white
Richard Gott explains that race, not politics or ideology, is what really drives Chilean reactions to the fate of General Pinochet
Bristol won't happen again - will it?
Quality control and more money: just what Dr Phil Hammondorders for the NHS
How to banish illiteracy
One reading scheme has a clear record of success. But Francis Beckettfears that ministers won't pay
Essay
The New Statesman Essay - Beyond Madonna's bed
Lies and cynicism on TV matter more than sex and swearing
Culture
Peer of his realm
Duke Ellington was born 100 years ago this month. Richard Cook celebrates the achievements of a jazz genius
Molto agitato
Classical byDermot Clinch
Long shadows
Film byJonathan Romney
Books
Look right, look left, look right again. Quoted by Major and Blair, a hero of Republican hawks in America, an anti-Stalinist, a "Tory Socialist" - Orwell's politics remain endlessly open to interpretation. Why?
Orwell's Politics John Newsinger Macmillan, 224pp, £42.50
Object of oppression
Monica's Story Andrew Morton Michael O'Mara Books, 288pp, £16.99
Frozen in childhood
Roses from the Earth: The Biography of Anne Frank Carol Ann Lee Viking, 297pp, £16.99 Anne Frank: The Biography Melissa Muller, translated by Rita and Robert Kimber Bloomsbury, 330pp, £16.99 The Story of Anne Frank Mirjam Pressler, translated by Anthea Bell Macmillan Children's Books, 192pp, £9.99
Paranoid Prescott
Dustbingate! Ian Newton with Nathan Williams Vision Paperbacks, 186pp, £9.99
Novel of the week
The Drowning People Richard Mason Michael Joseph, 333pp, £10
Commentary - The horror, what horror?
James Harkin wrests Conrad's Heart of Darkness from the grasp of opportunists
