The Lessons of Potsdam

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke considers how people can become desensitised to the horrifying images of war, using Winston Churchill's Potsdam experience for reference.

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Fri 18 Apr 200320:45
BBC Radio 4

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