US power and responsibility abroad

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

Kosovo, Iraq, Haiti and Nicaragua: US rhetoric and responsibility for life and liberty abroad is compared to past problems of power and responsibility for the British Empire.

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Fri 13 Mar 199821:00

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Fri 13 Mar 199821:00
BBC Radio 4

The Clinton Years (1997-2000)—Letter from America by Alistair Cooke
Bill Clinton’s second term including the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the war in Kosovo.