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WOOOROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS Smif h-iut~imInstitti f ;on Building Washington D.C. WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS Director, James H. Billington Deputy Director, George R. Packard Created by Act of Congress in 1968 as an institute for advanced study and as a "livin memorial ' to the 28th President, the Wilson Center supports serious scholarship and its interaction with the world of affairs. The Center-and The Wilson Quarterly-seek diversity of scholarly enterprise and of points of view. THE WILSON QUARTERLY Editor: Peter Braestrup Associate Editor (Essays): Philip S. Cook Associate Editor (Periodicals): Cullen Murohv Associate Editor (Books): ~oisDecker 0'~;ifl Associate Editor (Production): Anna Marie Torres Assistant Editors: Fred Howard, Stuart Rohrer Contributing Editors: Beryl Lieff Benderly, John Brown, Malcolm B. DeBevoise, Michael J. Glennon, Steven A. Grant, John E. 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