Alistair Cooke

Vietnam (The Thousandth Letter)

2008 · BBC Audio 9 781405 677776 · UK: England

Artist
Alistair Cooke
Title
Vietnam (The Thousandth Letter)
Release
The Essential Letters From America: The 1960s
Year
2008
Label
BBC Audio # 9 781405 677776
Format
CD · Album
Language
English
Country
UK: England
Genre
Spoken Word · Speech
Primary theme
Post-War

Notes

"Vietnam (The Thousandth Letter) Home Service, 24 March 1968" "My Lai Home Service, 9 June 1968". Spoken-word, radio broadcast. BBC [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]

About the artist

Alistair Cooke, born 20 November 1908 in Salford, England; died 30 March 2004 in New York. British-American journalist and broadcaster whose BBC talk "Letter from America" ran for 2,869 editions from 1946 to 2004; also host of PBS's "Masterpiece Theatre" (1971-92). [Source: Wikipedia]

Themes

My Lai · Reference to the War