A Different Stripe: Alistair Horne on Radio 4

July 12, 2007

Alistair Horne on Radio 4

For those of you not in the UK, here's a link to this morning's BBC Radio 4 interview with Alistair Horne. The interviewer asked mainly about Horne's recent (mainly) "off the record" sit-down with President Bush.

What was the author of A Savage War of Peace most surprised by?

How “well he looked—he looked like he had come off a cruise in the Caribbean. He seemed to have none of the worries of statehood.”

How thoughtful Bush seems in general, and “how much he reads.”

The archived page is not up yet, but if you're reading this after July 16, this is where I think it will be.

Jul 12, 2007 6:23:52 PM | Media Mentions, Multimedia

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