January 1973: The Month that Changed America

JAMES D. ROBENALT Author, "January 1973: Watergate, Roe v. Wade, Vietnam, and the Month that Changed America Forever" January 1973 was the moment in time bore witness to Harry Truman’s death, the end of the Vietnam War for the U.S., Watergate burglars’ trial, Richard Nixon’s second inaugural, the Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade, and the death of Lyndon B. Johnson. Forty years later, what can we learn about the current American political landscape by examining this amazing constellation of events?