Gangsters in Chicago

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke looks at mafia involvement in alcohol during prohibition, cattle during World War II and in the heroin trade, as an international ring of gangsters is arrested.

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Fri 5 Oct 198421:00

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Fri 5 Oct 198421:00
BBC Radio 4

The Reagan Years (1981-1988)—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Ronald Reagan’s presidency, from Reagonomics to reconciliation with the Soviet.

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