The 1940s generation had lived their lives under the shadow of the Cold War. Now it was gone – and one of their number was in the White House at last, presiding over a booming, globalising economy. Bill Clinton had largely accepted Ronald Reagan’s economics. So was this the end of old antagonisms? Not so much.
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