The American Legion [Volume 120, No. 1 (January 1986)]

Cover: A Future Built with Steel by The Image Bank, Mark Soloman -- Can the U.S. Survive without Steel?: A Leading Spokesman Tells Why the Steel Industry Is Suffering and What Must Be Done to Revive it -- View from the Firing Line: Two Steel Industry CEOs Put the Steel Problem into Perspective -- Specialty Steel: Success Despite the Trend: U.S. Specialty Steel Holds Its Own in the Market by William J Gill -- Unrest in the Philippines: A Former U.S. Ambassador Analyzes the Situation in the Philippines by William H Sullivan -- England's Finest Hours: In Her Darkest Hours, Great Britain Provided a Beacon for the Free World by Ernest Cuneo -- Genocide Continues in Afghanistan: The Soviet War Machine Has Killed One Million Afghans, and Still the West Waits by Oliver Staar Jr -- Our Ailing Maritime Industry: This Major Arm of U.S. Seapower Is Dying and Little Is Being Done to Save It by L Edgar Prina -- Cincinnati: Convention City "86: The Site of the 1986 American Legion Convention Is a Mecca for Tourists -- Is This Crisis Real?: They Also Serve Who Cry "Wolf," but Is Anybody Listening? by Don Oldenburg -- Budget Proposals Threaten America's Veterans: The Oldest, Poorest and Sickest of America's Veterans Face the Greatest Cuts -- Direct Mail Program Increases Membership: Modern Recruiting Methods Combined with Traditional Solicitation Swell Membership -- Depression: Serious Illness or Fleeting Mood?: Depression Is Normal, but Incessant Moodiness Can Mean Serious Trouble by Dr. William D Brown -- Big Issues: Should We Impose Steel Import Quotas? -- Commentary: Foreign Aid: Is It Worth the Price? by M Peter McPherson -- Letters -- Commander's Message -- Dateline Washington -- Veterans Update -- Legion News Briefs -- Legionnaires in Action -- Post of the Month -- Veterans Adviser -- Veterans Alert -- News to Use -- Orben's World -- Parting Shots