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Radio 4,09 Jun 1995,15 mins

Bob Dole and the fall of Rome

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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The work of historian Edward Gibbon, the parallels between modern-day America and the fall of Rome, and Bob Dole's credentials as a presidential candidate.

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