1000th Letter - Vietnam

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**** 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. **** To nominate a programme from the archives that you would like to hear again, please email radio4extra@bbc.co.uk ****