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

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).

Gorbachev's perilous experiment
Dec 9, 1988 – 14:02
Yasser Arafat's speech at the UN, 1988
Dec 2, 1988 – 14:09
Fears over US deficit
Nov 25, 1988 – 14:17
A dirty campaign
Nov 18, 1988 – 13:42
The 1988 presidential election
Nov 11, 1988 – 13:52
George H W Bush vs Michael Dukakis
Nov 4, 1988 – 27:58
The Bess Myerson trial begins
Oct 28, 1988 – 14:08
Baseball and politics in 1988
Oct 21, 1988 – 13:44
Testing public opinion
Oct 14, 1988 – 13:03
1988 televised debates, and Thatcher in 1979
Oct 7, 1988 – 13:55
Looking good on TV
Sep 30, 1988 – 14:07
Hurricane Gilbert
Sep 23, 1988 – 13:53
The Democratic outsider
Sep 16, 1988 – 13:35
Yellowstone National Park, 1988
Sep 9, 1988 – 14:44
Etiquette for presidential candidates and the heat wave of Summer 1988
Sep 2, 1988 – 13:35
Dan Quayle for vice president
Aug 26, 1988 – 27:37
President Reagan’s final Republican Convention
Aug 19, 1988 – 13:50
Ed Koch, Mayor of New York
Aug 12, 1988 – 13:32
Day care and recreation
Aug 5, 1988 – 13:23
America's polluted waters
Jul 29, 1988 – 14:06
Democratic National Convention, 1988
Jul 22, 1988 – 14:15
Indict and remand
Jul 15, 1988 – 13:52
Iran Air Flight 655
Jul 8, 1988 – 14:13
Seeing justice done
Jul 1, 1988 – 14:20
Goodbye to men's clubs
Jun 24, 1988 – 14:07
The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door of 1963
Jun 17, 1988 – 14:15
Bush will win it
Jun 10, 1988 – 13:57
Golf in Russia
Jun 3, 1988 – 14:09
Nancy Reagan's astrologer, 1988
May 27, 1988 – 13:53
Lame duck President Reagan, 1988
May 20, 1988 – 13:47
The forgotten William Le Queux
May 13, 1988 – 13:51
Irving Berlin turns 100, 1988
May 6, 1988 – 14:06
George H W Bush nominated
Apr 29, 1988 – 14:15
Stanton Delaplane (1907-1988)
Apr 22, 1988 – 13:49
The Augusta National, 1988
Apr 15, 1988 – 14:19
Correspondents answered
Apr 8, 1988 – 14:18
Democrat agony
Apr 1, 1988 – 14:16
Warnings for Gorbachev
Mar 25, 1988 – 13:52
California public health laws
Mar 18, 1988 – 13:49
1988 presidential primaries
Mar 11, 1988 – 13:42
Black Monday remembered
Mar 4, 1988 – 14:15
Serious Money
Feb 26, 1988 – 14:37
New Hampshire
Feb 19, 1988 – 14:29
Caucus system
Feb 12, 1988 – 14:05
McCarran-Walter Act repealed
Jan 15, 1988 – 14:32
Missile treaty questioned
Jan 8, 1988 – 14:12
The Democrat Convention of 1924
Dec 23, 1987 – 14:07
Gary Hart confesses
Dec 18, 1987 – 14:10
Gorby mania
Dec 13, 1987 – 13:56
INF Treaty
Dec 4, 1987 – 14:03