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The History Hour: The war on drugs

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The war on drugs

11/05/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - The History Hour, The war on drugs

US efforts to deal with illegal drugs in 1971, plus the rise of Jack Ma in China.

US efforts to deal with illegal drugs in 1971, the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam, plus the rise of Jack Ma and his Alibaba empire in China and the Bauhaus movement.

US President Richard Nixon's efforts to deal with illegal drugs in 1971, the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam plus the rise of Jack Ma and his Alibaba empire in China.  Also the Bauhaus movement and the global TV hit  'Strictly Come Dancing'.

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