Julian Messner

The Continent^] J^Mwn If you could gain a high enough vantage point to take in all of India at once, you would be astonished to realize that the immense sprawl of languages, customs, religions, and physical and geographical features belong to a single country. Only a continent could house so...

1THE TORCH IS PASSEDThe morning of January 20, 1961, dawned clear and cold. A biting wind knifed through the flag-bedecked streets of Washington, D.C. The city itself lay under a gleaming white blanket of snow. Reflected from the domed and turreted buildings of the capital, the glaring rays of the...