The Democratic outsider

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

Sep 16, 198813:35Society & Culture

Jimmy Carter's rise to prominence of in 1976, and Michael Dukakis' struggle to establish a new and attractive identity for himself ahead of the 1988 presidential election.

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