Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)
by BBC Radio 4
December 9, 1988 10:16 pm
Ronald Reagan’s presidency, from Reagonomics and the invasion of Grenada in his first term, to the Iran-contra scandal and reconciliation with Soviet leader Mihail Gorbachev in his second. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of American life, through the words of British-American journalist and broadcaster, Alistair Cooke (1908 – 2004).
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