1000th Letter - Vietnam

**** This programme was suggested by Robert Stallard, Fiona Mcphail, Jill Smith and Nick Stewart as part of BBC Radio 4 Extra’s All Request Weekend ****

** This broadcast also marks the 80th anniversary of the first-ever broadcast of Letter from America on 24th March 1946. **

Alistair Cooke reflects on devastating effects of the war in Vietnam in his 1000th Letter from America.

How the national mood begins to change over the Vietnam war - and how America began to move from early indifference to the recognition of a nightmare.

Alistair's weekly 15 minute talks on American life, history and politics broadcast on BBC radio from 1946 – 2004.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1968.

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