FACTUAL
14 July 2008
Monday 14 July 2008 20:00-20:30 (Radio 4 FM)
James Naughtie explores the unease preoccupying American politicians and voters alike in a presidential election year.
He visits Fort Riley in Kansas, a rapidly expanding base playing a key role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He examines the use of the military as an instrument of US foreign policy and assesses the direction America may take as the world's superpower.
