An updated edition of the classic guide to basic American history offers new sections covering the end of the Cold War, Clinton's impeachment, the election of 2000, and the events of September 11, 2001. Read by Jeff Wooman with Jonathan Davis.
This programme focuses on the largest sea-borne invasion in modern history and one of the world's most tightly kept secrets. It brings together despatches from the BBC War Correspondents who brought up-to-the-minute, graphic descriptions of the events to the listening public. This is a unique collection, a chance to hear history in the making: the day and the hour of D-Day June 1944.