Letter From America By Alistair Cooke: The Bush Jr Years (2001- 2004)
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- Duración: 36:35:33
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Sinopsis
The 9/11 attacks, the war on terror and invasion of Iraq defined George W Bushs first term. A fascinating social, cultural and political look at American life from Alistair Cooke
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The Unsung Heroes
22/03/2002 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke praises unseen fighter pilots protecting New York and examines the stepping-up of internal security and the publication of a list of nuclear threats to the US.
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Memory of a True Great
15/03/2002 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke explores the difficult and exceptional life of champion American golfer, lawyer, scholar and engineer Robert Tyre Jones.
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The Day the Money Stopped
08/03/2002 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke recalls his personal experience of the day in 1933 when every bank in America shut and the lessons it taught him about how economies work.
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Giuliani Receives Knighthood
22/02/2002 Duración: 13minWhy shouldn't Rudolph Giuliani receive a knighthood? Alistair Cooke reveals the historical objections and misconceptions of America's relationship with honours.
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The Next Step for the USA
15/02/2002 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke expresses his concern about the US government's conception of an "axis of evil", their desire to invade Iraq and the possible restraining power of the UN.
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Pork and Dogs
08/02/2002 Duración: 12minAlistair Cooke explains why we should all be interested in the President's budget; the new found importance of US homeland defence and the pork barrel metaphor.
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Aftermath of War
01/02/2002 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke examines the ever changing nature of war, the history of four Geneva Conventions and argues the case for a new convention for a new type of war.
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Batten Down the Hatches
25/01/2002 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke examines the very real impact of inaccurate weather forecasts; the fall of Enron and the new US foreign policy being enacted at Guantanamo Bay.
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Living Like a Queen
18/01/2002 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke wonders, upon considering the reality, why anyone would want to live like a Queen and examines the lifestyles of US presidents.
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There's No Place Like Home
11/01/2002 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke on how an unlikely political allegiance is transforming American education, the altered state of US law making after September 11 and Milosevic at the Hague.
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Ringing the Changes
04/01/2002 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke considers change, the election of George W Bush, the transformation of Rudolph Giuliani after September 11 and Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to New York.
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Tears and Anthems
28/12/2001 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke questions why hearing the American national anthem should be uniquely affecting since the attacks on September 11th.
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The Messiah at Christmas
21/12/2001 Duración: 13minIn the wake of 9/11, Alistair Cooke remembers introducing Bernstein to Handel's Messiah and admires the generosity of Tiger Woods. First broadcast 21 December 2001.
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The Golden Gate
14/12/2001 Duración: 14minAlistair Cooke discusses the rumour of a potential attack on the San Francisco Bridge and the warnings by scientists about global warming.
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Security, Civil Rights and New Laws
07/12/2001 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke considers the political and ethical dilemmas of "racial profiling" at airports since September 11th.
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The Terrorists' Trojan Horse
30/11/2001 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke reflects on the horror of home grown terrorists used by al-Qaeda and other terrorist cells.
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French forces in Afghanistan, November 2001
23/11/2001 Duración: 13minThe coincidences between the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and John F Kennedy. Plus, the UN debate on war with Afghanistan.
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Project Space Guard
16/11/2001 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke discusses the creation of The Space Guard Project, invented to eliminate potential extraterrestrial catastrophes.
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The Stars and Stripes
09/11/2001 Duración: 13minAlistair Cooke reflects on the outpouring of patriotism and the outburst of flag hanging in response to the September 11th attacks.