The American Legion [Volume 120, No. 2 (February 1986)]

Cover: The Chicago Skyline: Architecture Past and Present Coexist by David J Maenza -- Independent Health-Care System Vital to Veterans: Former Sen. Jennings Randolph Speaks Out for Veterans -- Who Says America's Cities Are Dying?: The Nation's Cities Are Witnessing the Most Spectacular Building Boom in History by Neal Peirce -- Rebuilding the Nation's Inner Cities: A City Development Expert Draws a Blueprint for Urban Renewal -- Educating for Freedom: Our Children Should Learn the Truth About the Soviet Union by Gary L Bauer -- USSR: Arms Merchant to the World: Ivan Sells Arms to Anyone Willing to Pay the Price in Cash -and Freedom by Ellsworth Raymond -- Franchising Is Flourishing: Here's How to Get Your Own Business . . . the Easy Way by Phyllis Zauner -- Where Presidents Live Again: Presidential Libraries Preserve Memories and Times of Our Nation's Presidents by Lester David -- The Controversy Over C3I: What Good Is a Strategic Deterrent If It Fails After the First Strike? by Steve Salerno -- This War Called Peace: The USSR Has Spent Seven Decades in a Non-Stop War to Subvert the Free World -- Veterans Administration: Where the Money Goes: Thousands Lead Normal Lives because of VA Medicine Breakthroughs -- Vietnamese Pledge to Resolve POW-MIA Issue: The POW-MIA Families Long Ordeal May Soon Be Over by Richard Childress -- I Just Can't Remember Anymore: Science Searches for a Cure for Alzheimer's Disease by Gary Turbak -- Big Issues: Do Spies Warrant the Death Penalty? -- Letters -- Commander's Message -- Dateline Washington -- Veterans Update -- Legion News Briefs -- Legionnaires in Action -- Veterans Alert -- Post of the Month -- Veterans Adviser -- Orben's World -- Parting Shots