President-Elect Bill Clinton, calls for a gathering of experts to help guide his economic policy, and what he may do to reduce the national deficit.

An economic summit

The realities of unlimited immigration, andthe movement that proposes to make English the official language of the United States.

The English language and immigration

Casablanca's impact and the effect the film had on cinema audiences of 1942 are remembered by Alistair Cooke on its 50th anniversary.

Casablanca 50th anniversary, 1992

A month on from the presidential election, Alistair Cooke anticipates the effect that a new president, and a boost in public confidence, will have on the economy.

Clinton's economy

Millicent Fenwick

Following the death of Millicent Fenwick in September, Alistair Cooke profiles the late Congresswoman and details the female additions to the Senate in 1992.

Why a change of president does not necessarily mean a shift in power, and why it takes so long to move in, and out, of the White House.

The executive branch

Complex methods for predicting  presidential election results, and the effect  Ross Perot had on the outcome, are discussed by Alistair Cooke.

Predicting elections 

Bill Clinton

The tendency of journalists flock to Washington to hear the result of an election and the rejection of the blue blazer for jeans by President-elect, Bill Clinton.

Bill Clinton's clothes

The 1992 Presidential election, the dangers of predicting the outcome of the vote and a look to history for examples of election certainty.

Election predictions and certainties

The business of sport, and an embarrassing incident involving the Canadian flag are discussed by Alistair Cooke.

The business of sport

George Bush’s presidency, the Panama invasion, the Soviet bloc collapse and the first war in Iraq. Alistair Cooke's fascinating look at American life.

Hindsight is 20/20, Lots of good stuff you won&#39;t  find in high school history books!

Hindsight

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Bush Sr Years (1989-1992)

David Duke

A profile of David Duke, the former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Klu Klux Klan running for the governorship of Louisiana as a Republican in 1991.

Why Kansas City is no longer a unique microcosm of America, and ways in which Americans are changing their diet in an attempt to prolong their lives.

Kansas City

Diane Feinstein

Following the emergence of Diane Feinstein as Democratic nomination for the Governor of California, Alistair Cooke profiles the politician, and details Proposition 111.

Following the conclusion of trial of the police officers accused of beating Rodney King, Cooke details the violent disturbances in Los Angeles happening in the wake of the verdict.

Riots in Los Angeles, 1992

Pat Buchanan

Following the New Hampshire primary, Alistair Cooke profiles Republican candidate Pat Buchanan, and asks whether a vote for Buchanan is really a vote against George Bush.

The final flight of the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, the Russian capture of an American pilot in 1960 and the cuts in the American public spending budgets.

The final flight of the SR-71 Blackbird 

The opening of the Berlin Wall, the origins of Democracy as the system of government in America, and Gorbachev's warning that Germany will not inevitably turn to capitalism.

The opening of the Berlin Wall, 1989

Stores accused of bowing to Iranian edict, but there are still fears for book store staffs' safety.This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

Stores accused of bowing to Iranian edict, but there are still fears for book store staffs' safety.<br><br>This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

Satanic Verses outcry

Dan Quayle

Vice-President Dan Quayle's wariness of the Soviet Union, the aftermath of the earthquake in California and the rise of the shopping mall, as discussed by Alistair Cooke.

Dan Quayle and the Soviet Union

American intervention in Panama, the initial failure to capture General Manuel Noriega, and the Bush administration's attempt to find legal grounding for an invasion.

American intervention in Panama

A review of the events of 1989, including the revolutions in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania, the invasion of Panama, and Soviet-Chinese summits.

1989 in review

The politeness of American crowds, the dismissal of John McEnroe from the Australian Open, and Gorbachev's plan to make a profit from peace, as discussed by Alistair Cooke.

McEnroe and Gorbachev

John Maynard Keynes

J M Keynes' economic cure for President Roosevelt was to borrow and spend, but with pressing social problems and limited funds, how will Congress split their 1992 budget?

John Maynard Keynes 

How CNN's constant Gulf War coverage has led to a post war malaise amongst some of the viewing public.

CNN post-war malaise

Gavrilo Princip

Franz Ferdinand

How Serbian Gavrilo Princip, the murderer of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand of Austro-Hungary, destroyed the empire and instigated the First World War in one shot.

Gavrilo Princip kills Duke Franz Ferdinand

Boris Yeltsin

Yeltsin's visit contrasts to one he made in '89 when the US favoured Gorbachev. A bizarre encounter with Senator William Cohen of Maine, and an end to the trials of Oliver North.

Boris Yeltsin's White House visit

Ross Perot

Businessman Ross Perot runs for American presidency. Alistair Cooke analyses the man who founded Electronic Data Systems and owned General Motors.

Ross Perot runs for American presidency 

Nancy Reagan

An unauthorised biography of ex-pesident's wife, Mrs Reagan makes Alistair Cooke question how gossip becomes news, whilst President Bush struggles to defend his Gulf War.

Nancy Reagan's biography 

John Tower

The Senate Committee's ruling that former Senator John Tower should not be allowed to join President Bush's cabinet, and the trial of Colonel Oliver North.

John Tower and Colonel North

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