2 August 1999
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From the Editor…
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Cover story
America says: never again!
After Kosovo, the US is wary of a humanitarian foreign policy. A Kissinger-style realpolitik may be on its way back
Features
Why I had Mandelson's life pulped
John Booth reveals the inside story of how a biography ended up in the shredder
Why the City likes Internet nonsense
Philip Collinsreveals how a firm that never makes a penny can be worth more than Sainsbury's
Chimps don't talk, but they do cry
Ignore the reports about chattering bonobos; language remains unique to humans. But animals can think and feel
No blacks, please, we're MPs
If you want a perfect example of institutional racism, try the House of Commons itself. Anthony Bevins reports
When Mary Poppins has a hairy chest
When Michael Durhamemployed a male au pair he found another side to sex discrimination
Regulars
Arts & Culture
Here be pirates
Is it real or is it digital? Ziauddin Sardar shows how Malaysia's shadow economy helps its citizens jump on to the postmodern consumerist merry-go-round
Fathers and sons
Jazz
Out of Africa
Blues
Ship shape
Design
Tall tale
Art
Books
Boys' own hero. C B Fry had everything: sporting brilliance, good looks, contacts and literary flair. So why is he remembered as a glorious failure?
C B Fry: An English Hero
Iain Wilton Richard Cohen Books, 512pp, £25
Inner exile
Child of My Time: An Englishman's Journey in a Divided World
Mark Frankland Chatto & Windus, 214pp, £17.99
ISBN 1860560229
Buried treasure
Finding the Walls of Troy: Frank Calvert and Heinrich Schliemann at Hisarlik
Susan Heuck Allen, University of California Press, 409pp, £27.50
ISBN 0520208684
Losing the plot
Shadow: Five Presidents and the Legacy of Watergate
Bob Woodward Simon & Schuster, 592pp, £20
ISBN 0684852624
Star wars
The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet
Margaret Wertheim Virago, 320pp, £14.99
ISBN 1860495273
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