<p>The shooting of John Lennon on the 8th December 1980 sparks a debate over the need for national gun control law in America. </p>

The shooting of John Lennon on the 8th December 1980 sparks a debate over the need for national gun control law in America.

John Lennon’s assassination

<p>From America’s great hope after Nixon’s election victory, to disillusionment after Watergate through to President Carter’s election. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of American life, through the words of British-American journalist and broadcaster, Alastair Cooke (1908 – 2004).</p>

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From America’s great hope after Nixon’s election victory, to disillusionment after Watergate through to President Carter’s election. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of American life, through the words of British-American journalist and broadcaster, Alastair Cooke (1908 – 2004).

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