Letter from America: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)

BBC Radio 4

Ronald Reagan’s presidency, from Reagonomics and the invasion of Grenada in his first term, to the Iran-contra scandal and reconciliation with Soviet leader Mihail Gorbachev in his second. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of American life, through the words of British-American journalist and broadcaster, Alistair Cooke (1908 – 2004).

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Letter from America: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)

Episodes (368)

Dec 9, 1988 Gorbachev's perilous experiment
Dec 2, 1988 Yasser Arafat's speech at the UN, 1988
Nov 25, 1988 Fears over US deficit

Letter from America: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)

Dec 9, 1988
14 minutes
13 MB

Misgivings over Gorbachev's liberalisation proposals as observers fear further splits from satellite nations. This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

Letter from America: The Reagan Years (1981-1988)

Gorbachev's perilous experiment

BBC Radio 4

00:00 -14:02