The American Legion [Volume 122, No. 2 (February 1987)]

Cover: Test-Firing the Rail Gun, an SDI Space Weapon by Roger Ressmeyer, Starlight Photo -- Know Your America: The Presidency: Servant of the People by Lester David -- Star Wars: Changing Strategy in a Volatile World: The Choices Are Clear. It's Either SDI or Assured Destruction by Lt. Gen. Daniel O Graham -- America's Vulnerability from Space: Are We Headed for a Nuclear Pearl Harbor? by Steve Salerno -- Mafia on the Run: All-Out War Snaps the Mob's Stranglehold on New York Crime -- Twilight of the Mob: Cell Doors Are Slamming Shut on the Crime Lords by Philip C Clarke -- America's Working Poor: Workingman's Blues: Deprivation, Disillusionment and Deferred Dreams by Fred Jordan -- Ravages of Nature: Nature Seems to Be on a Killing Rampage. Why? by Isaac Asimov -- Preserving America's Culture: Precious Artifacts from America's Golden Age of Design and Craftsmanship -- What's Right with America: Unshakable Belief in Country and Self Is the Fuel of American Progress by Ernest Cuneo -- "A Piece of My Heart": Dark Memories of Women Who Survived the Horrors of War -- Aplastic Anemia: The Other Blood Disease: A Mysterious, Often Fatal, Disease Stalks Our Nation's Youth by Edward Edelson -- Big Issues: Should SDI Be a Bargaining Chip in Arms Negotiations? -- Letters -- Commander's Message -- Dateline Washington -- Veterans Update -- Legion News Briefs -- Legionnaires in Action -- Post of the Month -- Veterans Alert -- Veterans Adviser -- Orben's World -- Parting Shots