January 1973: Watergate, Roe v. Wade, Vietnam, and the Month That Changed America Forever
American politics changed forever in January 1973: the Watergate burglars went on trial, the administration negotiated an end to the Vietnam War, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Roe v. Wade, Lyndon Johnson died in Texas, and Richard Nixon began his second term. These events linked in unlikely ways to create a time of immense transformation. Using newly released Nixon tapes, James Robenalt provides readers a fly-on-the-Oval-Office-wall look at what happened in the White House, events both fascinating and terrifying, during this monumental month. He also delves into the judge's chambers and courtroom drama of the Watergate trial and the inner sanctum of the US Supreme Court as it hashed out its decision in Roe v. Wade. Though the events took place more than forty years ago, they're key to understanding today's political paralysis.
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January 1973: Watergate, Roe v. Wade, Vietnam, and the Month That Changed America Forever
American politics changed forever in January 1973: the Watergate burglars went on trial, the administration negotiated an end to the Vietnam War, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Roe v. Wade, Lyndon Johnson died in Texas, and Richard Nixon began his second term. These events linked in unlikely ways to create a time of immense transformation. Using newly released Nixon tapes, James Robenalt provides readers a fly-on-the-Oval-Office-wall look at what happened in the White House, events both fascinating and terrifying, during this monumental month. He also delves into the judge's chambers and courtroom drama of the Watergate trial and the inner sanctum of the US Supreme Court as it hashed out its decision in Roe v. Wade. Though the events took place more than forty years ago, they're key to understanding today's political paralysis.
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January 1973: Watergate, Roe v. Wade, Vietnam, and the Month That Changed America Forever

January 1973: Watergate, Roe v. Wade, Vietnam, and the Month That Changed America Forever

January 1973: Watergate, Roe v. Wade, Vietnam, and the Month That Changed America Forever

January 1973: Watergate, Roe v. Wade, Vietnam, and the Month That Changed America Forever

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American politics changed forever in January 1973: the Watergate burglars went on trial, the administration negotiated an end to the Vietnam War, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Roe v. Wade, Lyndon Johnson died in Texas, and Richard Nixon began his second term. These events linked in unlikely ways to create a time of immense transformation. Using newly released Nixon tapes, James Robenalt provides readers a fly-on-the-Oval-Office-wall look at what happened in the White House, events both fascinating and terrifying, during this monumental month. He also delves into the judge's chambers and courtroom drama of the Watergate trial and the inner sanctum of the US Supreme Court as it hashed out its decision in Roe v. Wade. Though the events took place more than forty years ago, they're key to understanding today's political paralysis.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781613736524
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 01/01/2017
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

James Robenalt is a trial lawyer and the author of The Harding Affair and Linking Rings. He, along with lecture partner John W. Dean, is a sought-after speaker on the Watergate scandal. John W. Dean was White House Counsel under Richard Nixon and is a bestselling author, most recently of The Nixon Defense.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Introduction: A Stand of Aspen x

Prelude: "The Very Thought of Losing Is Hateful to Americans" xviii

1 "We've Got to Still Shoot Some Sparks" 1

2 "You Have Shown You Are Mot Someone to Be Trifled With" 15

3 "Human Adversaries Are Arraigned Against Me" 30

4 "The Abortion Cases" 44

5 "I Just Feel the Torture You Are Going Through on Vietnam" 58

6 "Every Tree in the Forest Will Fall" 70

7 "The Pregnant Woman Cannot Be Isolated in Her Privacy" 81

8 "Harry's Lovely Farewell" 94

9 "I Wanted the Young Prosecutor to Know Just How Whitewashers Are Engineered" 106

10 "We Celebrated the President's Birthday Today by Making a Major Breakthrough in the Negotiations" 128

11 "He Can Renew It After the Opening Statement Is Made" 143

12 "Only Kings, Monarchs, Dictators, and United States Federal Judges" 158

13 "We May Be Doomed to Come to an Agreement Today" 177

14 "LBJ Got Very Hot" 191

15 "And We Shall Overcome" 204

16 "I Want to Do This Job That Lincoln Started" 215

17 "We Should Wait for His Formal Reply Before Popping Corks" 224

18 "I'm Going to Be with the Rich Cats Tonight" 234

19 "In Our Own Lives, Let Each of Us Ask-Not Just What Government Will Do for Me, But What I Can Do for Myself" 247

20 January 22, 1973 257

21 "The Sun Is Shining in Paris This Afternoon" 268

22 "Now Your Client Is Smiling" 284

23 "It Is a Rule of Life" 291

Epilogue: The Blessings of Simultaneity 299

Acknowledgments 309

Notes 311

Index 374

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