Letter from America: The Clinton Years (1997-2000)

BBC Radio 4 208 - President Jiang in America

Bill Clinton’s second term was dominated at home by the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the attempt to impeach him, but there were major events abroad with the al-Qaeda attack on US embassies in east Africa and the war in Kosovo. 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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29 Dec 2000

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15 Dec 2000

08 Dec 2000

01 Dec 2000

24 Nov 2000

17 Nov 2000

10 Nov 2000

03 Nov 2000

27 Oct 2000

20 Oct 2000

13 Oct 2000

06 Oct 2000

29 Sep 2000

22 Sep 2000

15 Sep 2000

08 Sep 2000

01 Sep 2000

25 Aug 2000

18 Aug 2000

11 Aug 2000

04 Aug 2000

28 Jul 2000

21 Jul 2000

14 Jul 2000

07 Jul 2000

30 Jun 2000

23 Jun 2000

16 Jun 2000

09 Jun 2000

02 Jun 2000

26 May 2000

19 May 2000

12 May 2000

05 May 2000

28 Apr 2000

21 Apr 2000

14 Apr 2000

07 Apr 2000

31 Mar 2000

24 Mar 2000

17 Mar 2000

10 Mar 2000

03 Mar 2000

25 Feb 2000

18 Feb 2000

11 Feb 2000

04 Feb 2000

28 Jan 2000

Letter from America: The Clinton Years (1997-2000)

Episodes

President Jiang in America

America is Back to Normal

How Wrong We've Been, from Madison to Roosevelt

An Embarrassing Relic of Authoritarianism

Bedazzled and Bewildered

It's a Nine Ring Circus and You'll Never be Bored

The Origin of the Continental Blow Out

The Florida re-count, 2000

Paralysis by Analysis

The Day of Judgement

Suffocating in an Ocean of Advertising

A Supreme Diarist

The World's Tumult and the Price of a Barrel of Oil

There He Goes Again

A Vague Beast Called Big Oil

Just the Facts, Ma'am

Trouble with the English Language

Doing What Comes Naturally

Father, God, Undefined

Russia: The Victim of Democracy

Mother Nature's Wild Fires

Running Mates and Carpet Baggers

From Exciting Horserace to Exhibition Trot

From Party Convention to Coronation

Ghostly Applause for a News Blackout

Now Read On...

Where Have all the Answers Gone?

Pursuing a Will-o-the-wisp

This Great Festival of Consumerism

A Wonderful Work or a Rat Trap?

Polishing up his Escutcheon

Diet, Longevity and a Custard Pie

A Giant Step for Womankind

Historic Turning Points

The China Bill and other Kickshaws

The Outrageous David Merrick

A Sordid Struggle

Cycle of Boom and Bust

The Year of the Census

Never-failing, Ever-soaring, High-flying, Hi-techs

The Most Significant Event of Recent Times

A National Figure of Charm and Pity

Buying Judges and Acquiring a Patron Saint

A Brief Joust and Tumble with Sir Galahad

Double diplomatic turmoil

Fuelling Inflation

Charles Schulz: A Great and Good Man

Fickle Crushes and Volatile Markets

Conventional Wisdom

A Gentleman but not a Scholar