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Radio 4,13 Sep 2002,15 mins

It's Been Hard Convincing Allies that it's War

Letter from America

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Alistair Cooke reflects on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks and considers a type of warfare so new that some European generals can't be convinced it is war at all.

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