The Century: America's Time
Season 1 • Episode 12: 1971-1975: Approaching the Apocalypse • Watch with subtitles
Episode 12: 1971-1975: Approaching the Apocalypse
April 26, 1999 • 45 min
The trauma of the war in Vietnam and the Watergate scandal left Americans exhausted, embittered, and disillusioned with politics and politicians. This program appraises the effects of those blights on the political landscape and their impact on the trust between the government and the governed, so vital to the well-being of a representative democracy such as the United States.
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