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Kuwait on the map
Kuwait, Riyadh and Baghdad are now known all over America. Alistair Cooke reflects on how war has added new locations to the public conscience.
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Fri 1 Mar 1991
21:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Fri 1 Mar 1991 21:00BBC Radio 4
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