| PART ONE Ethics and Public Service |
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| 1 Reflections of a Radical Moderate |
| Elliot Richardson |
| [Attorney General Richardson discusses the special obligation of service to the public.] |
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| 2 Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-up |
| E. Walsh |
| [Independent Counsel Walsh relates a disastrous series of personal and policy decisions.] |
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| PART TWO Liberty, Equality, and Security |
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| 3 How Democratic Is the American Constitution? |
| A. Dahl |
| [Dahl asks what ideals a democratic constitution should support, and how effectively the US Constitution does.] |
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| 4 Can We Be Secure and Free? |
| F. Powers |
| [A discussion of USA PATRIOT Act and the temptation to restrict due process.] |
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| 5 Perilous Times |
| R. Stone |
| [Stone questions whether, and to what degree, free speech may be limited in times of war.] |
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| 6 War & Press Freedom |
| A. Smith |
| [Is the free press a 'menace to military operations'?] |
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| 7 The Empathy Defense |
| Lemann |
| [Does affirmative action in college admission redress discrimination, or is it discrimination reversed?] |
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| PART THREE The Military and Society |
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| 8 Truman |
| McCullough |
| [Truman fires McArthur despite popular disapproval of his decision to do so.] |
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| 9 Fire in the Lake |
| FitzGerald |
| [To what degree are individuals responsible for their own actions in combat?] |
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| 10 The Widening Gap Between the Military and Society |
| E. Ricks |
| [As military society becomes less of a reflection of the broader population, can a distrust develop between military and civilian authority?] |
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| 11 A Soldier is a Soldier |
| Bryant Mariner |
| [Captain Mariner (USN) addresses the role of women in combat.] |
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| 12 Who Will Serve? |
| J. Bacevich |
| [Can an all-volunteer force effectively substitute for the general obligations of citizens to serve?] |
