American Decades
Dark Days in the White House
"5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Office Here"
Newspaper article
By: Alfred E. Lewis
Date: June 18, 1972
Source: Lewis, Alfred E. "5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Office Here." Washington Post, June 18, 1972, 1, 22.
About the Author: Alfred E. Lewis, a veteran crime reporter who joined the staff of the Washington Post in the 1930s, delivered the first front-page article on the Watergate break-in on Sunday, July 18, 1972.
"Suspect Aided, Fought Castro"
Newspaper article
By: Carl Bernstein and Kirk Scharfenberg
Date: June 18, 1972
Source: Bernstein, Carl, and Kirk Scharfenberg. "Suspect Aided, Fought Castro." Washington Post, June 18, 1972.
About the Author: Carl Bernstein and Kirk Scharfenberg also contributed a story on the Watergate suspects in that day's Washington...
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1970's Government and Politics Primary Sources
- The End of the Vietnam War
- Law and Order
- "Presidential Speech Announcing Acceptance of an Invitation to Visit the People's Republic of China"
- A Thaw in the Cold War
- Dark Days in the White House
- "Text of Address by McGovern Accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination"
- From Victor to Vanquished
- The Boys on the Bus
- Why Not the Best
- "Is America Turning Right?"
- "Foreign Affairs: The Need for Leadership"
- Harvard Hates America: The Odyssey of a Born-Again American
- A National Malaise
- I'm Mad as Hell: The Exclusive Story of the Tax Revolt and Its Leader
- Yellow Ribbon: The Secret Journal of Bruce Laingen
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
