Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Clinton Years (1997-2000) - India's first nuclear tests

India's 1998 nuclear tests take the US government by surprise and Alistair Cooke considers the vast changes in the daily burdens of the presidency since the 1920s.

Published on Friday, 15th May 1998.

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