The City that Waits

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke examines how earthquakes in San Francisco are over shadowed by power problems, and reflects on President George W. Bush's reduction in foreign policy.

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Fri 25 May 200121:00
BBC Radio 4

The Bush Jr Years (2001- 2004)—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
The 9/11 attacks and the US’s “war on terror” defined George W Bush’s first term.

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