Episode from the podcastLetter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)

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Released Friday, 9th October 1987

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Friday, 9th October 1987

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A question of intelligence - the definition which just might prove that providing assistance to the Contras broke no US law.

This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)

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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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