Description
Spanning nearly sixty years, this collection gathers Alistair Cooke’s celebrated BBC radio broadcasts—letters from America that begin with his earliest impressions of the returning GIs after World War II and culminate in his final broadcast in 2004. Across decades of shifting politics, culture, and everyday life, Cooke offers a high-level, deeply observant portrait of the United States as it changes, argues with itself, and redefines what freedom and opportunity mean. With a distinctive blend of wit, historical perspective, and humane curiosity, these dispatches illuminate major turning points while tracing the quieter currents beneath them. At its heart, the book is a meditation on national identity, the costs and promises of liberty, and how a society’s ideals are tested by power, progress, and the limits of empathy.
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paperback
Penguin Books, Limited
Published Jan 1, 2021
ISBN: 9780241513361
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First Published
2003
Language
eng
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