Covering the 1980 presidential campaign

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Cooke looks back at his own coverage of previous Democratic nomination campaigns including Truman and Dewey in 1948; and the current battle between Jimmy Carter and Edward Kennedy.

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Fri 8 Aug 198021:00

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Jimmy Carter elected president, 1976
How Americans feel about Jimmy Carter.
President Truman (1884–1972)
An obituary of President Harry S Truman (1884–1972).

Fri 8 Aug 198021:00
BBC Radio 4

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