Covering the 1980 presidential campaign

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: From Nixon to Carter (1969-1980) by BBC

Aug 8, 198013:43Society & Culture

Cooke looks back at his own coverage of previous Democratic nomination campaigns including Truman and Dewey in 1948; and the current battle between Jimmy Carter and Edward Kennedy.

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