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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke on how an unlikely political allegiance is transforming American education, the altered state of US law making after September 11 and Milosevic at the Hague.

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Fri 11 Jan 200221:00

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Fri 11 Jan 200221:00
BBC Radio 4

The Bush Jr Years (2001- 2004)—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
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