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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke Episodes

  1. 01/02/1974

    Alistair Cooke's weekly talk on American life, history and politics.

  2. 25/01/1974

    Alistair Cooke's weekly talk on American life, history and politics.

  3. 18/01/1974

    Alistair Cooke's weekly talk on American life, history and politics.

  4. 11/01/1974

    Alistair Cooke's weekly talk on American life, history and politics.

  5. 04/01/1974

    Alistair Cooke's weekly talk on American life, history and politics.

  6. 28/12/1973

    Alistair Cooke's weekly talk on American life, history and politics.

  7. 21/12/1973

    Alistair Cooke's weekly talk on American life, history and politics.

  8. Nixon's tax returns go public

    Nixon makes tax returns public after evasion claims.

  9. Should Nixon resign?

    The Arab embargo on oil to the US, and what the polls show about Nixon's reputation.

  10. Watergate investigators and Nixon

    President Nixon's refusal to assist the Watergate investigators.

  11. The inauguration of Gerald Ford as Vice President, 1973

    The transition of power to Gerald Ford after the resignation of Vice President Agnew.

  12. Nixon's Watergate speech, 1973

    The polling that showed Nixon's speech on Watergate failed to persuade Americans.

  13. Watergate: Nixon's changing stories, 1973

    Nixon's changing explanations of the events leading to Watergate.

  14. Sam Ervin and Watergate

    How the tenacious lawyer Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina challenged Nixon.

  15. Watergate reporting

    The impact of the reporting of the Watergate scandal.

  16. Watergate hearings 1973

    Can the Watergate hearings restore public trust in government?

  17. Roe v Wade

    The US Supreme Court rules on abortion for all in Roe v Wade.

  18. President Truman (1884鈥�1972)

    An obituary of President Harry S Truman (1884鈥�1972).

  19. Richard Nixon re-elected President, 1972

    Why Americans chose Republican Richard Nixon on 7 November 1972.

  20. American reactions to Bloody Sunday, 1972

    News of 'Deep interrogation' used by the British against the IRA shocks Americans.

  21. Taiwan and China

    How the balance of power at the United Nations is changing, as Taiwan is forced out.

  22. Art Buchwald

    The wit of Art Buchwald, a political satirist for the Washington Post.

  23. Louis Armstrong

    A profile of trumpeter Louis Armstrong (1901-1971).

  24. Veteran's Day 1970

    Why protests at Hunter College, New York, dishonour those who died for their country.

  25. The atom bomb warning of 1939

    How two refugees warned Roosevelt of the German nuclear threat.

  26. The My Lai massacre revealed, 1969

    The horrors of the massacre at My Lai in 1968, shatter the joy of Thanksgiving in 1969.

  27. Bobby Kennedy's assassination, 1968

    Cooke's eyewitness account of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy (1925-1968).

  28. 1000th letter - American reactions to Vietnam, 1968

    The human tragedy of the Vietnam War and its impact on Americans.

  29. Christmas 1967

    Senator Jacob Javits' parking fine, and a President Truman Christmas story.

  30. Honeymoon with President Johnson, 1966

    How President Lyndon B Johnson had to make way for a honeymoon.

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