Watergate and the Use of Executive Privilege
Primary Sources

Books

·    United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, . (1974). Watergate. Washington D.C.: Federal Bureau of Investigation.

This is a primary source. It is a book containing the summary of the F.B.I.’s investigation.

·    Milhous, Richard. (1974). Submission of recorded presidential conversations to the committee on the judiciary of the house of representatives. Buffalo,NY: Hein.

This is a primary source. It is a book containing presidential conversations

·    McCarthy, M. (1974). The mask of state: watergate portraits. New York: Harcourt.

This is a primary source, it a book of pictures of the Watergate scandal.

·    Bernstein, C. (1974). All the president's men. New York: Simon and Schuster.

This is a primary source, a book about the Watergate scandal

·         Woodward, B. (1999). Shadow: five presidents and thelegacy of watergate. New York: Simon and Schuster.

This is a primary source, a book about the presidents surrounding Watergate.

·         Woodward, B, & Bernstein, C. (1996). The final days. New York: Simon and Schuster.

This is a primary source about the Watergate scandal.

Primary Websites/ Online Articles

·    The watergate story: the post investigates. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/watergate/part1.html

This is a primary source that contains primary sources. It gives information on how the Washington post covered the Watergate scandal

·    The watergate story: the government acts. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/watergate/part2.html

This is a primary source that contains primary sources. It tells how the government responded to Watergate.

·    The watergate story: nixon resigns. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/watergate/part3.html

This is a primary source that contains primary sources. It tells why and when Nixon resigned.

·    The watergate story: deep throat revealed. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/watergate/part4.html

This is a primary source that contains primary sources. It tells the story of how deep throat was revealed and his story

·         Watergate scandal: transcript of White House meeting (1972)
. (2011). In American Government. Retrieved January 7, 2011, from http://americangovernment.abc-clio.com/

This is a primary source containing a transtcript between Nixon and haldeman.

·         Richard Nixon: Articles of Impeachment (1974). (2011). In American Government. Retrieved January 7, 2011, from http://americangovernment.abc-clio.com

A primary source, a government document that describes why Nixon is being impeached.

Secondary Sources

Books

·    Dickinson, W B. (1973). Watergate: chronology of a crisis. Washington D.C.:

This is a secondary source. It is a book about the chronology of of the Watergate incident.

·    Michael, M A. (1999). The watergate crisis. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.

This is a secondary source, a summary of the Watergate crisis.

·    Sussman, B. (1974). The great coverup: nixon and the scandal of watergate. . New York: Crowell.

This is a secondary source, a book about how the president tried to cover up Watergate.

·    Harward, D. (1974). Crisis in confidence; the impact of watergate. . Boston: Little Brown.

This is a secondary source, a book about the impact of Watergate.

·    Sorensen, T C. (1975). Watchmen in the night : presidential accountability after watergate. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.

This is a secondary source, a book about how the president responded to Watergate

·    Crowley, M. (1998). Nixon in winter. New York: Random House.

This is a secondary source, a book about president Nixon.

·         Schactman, T. (1983). Decade of shocks. New York: Poseidon Press.

This is a secondary source about the events that happened in the 1970’s.

·         Patterson, J. (1996). Grand expectations. New York: Oxford University press.

This is a secondary source about the events of the late 1900’s.

·    Berger, R. (1974). Executive privilege: a constitutional myth. Cambridge,Ma: Harvard University Press.

This is a secondary source about executive privilege.

Secondary websites/ online articles

·    Watergate. (1995). Retrieved from http://www.watergate.info/

This is a secondary source. A website that gives the overview and details of Nixon and Watergate

·         http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/gen/resources/watergate/

This is a secondary source about the Watergate scandal on cnn.

·         United States v. Nixon (1974). (2011). In American Government. Retrieved January 7, 2011, from http://americangovernment.abc-clio.com/

A secondary source describing the case America vs. Nixon

·         Watergate Scandal. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved January 7,  2011, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition: http://school.eb.com/eb/article-9076257

This is a secondary source with primary sources in it. It describes the whole Watergate scandal and has videos of the trial and investigation

·         Givens, Ron. "John Dean's role in Watergate revisited." American History 44.2 (2009): 17. Professional Collection. Web. 7 Jan. 2011.

A secondary source describing John Deans role in Watergate.

·    Weiner, E. (2007, June). What is executive privilege, anyway?. Retrieved from http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11527747

This is a secondary source about what executive privilege is.

·    Holding, R. (2007, March 21). The executive privilege showdown. Retrieved from http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1601450,00.html

This is a secondary source about modern executive privilege.

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