An Annotated List of the Most Valuable Online Resources on recent American History

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There are literally thousands of Internet sites dealing with American history since 1970 of widely varying quality and reliability.

WATERGATE

• Watergate
  http://vcepolitics.com/wgate.htm
  A history of the Watergate Affair that contains an extensive collection of primary sources, sound files, speeches, and other documentary materials.

• Watergate
  http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/gen/resources/watergate/
  This CNN-Time Magazine site contains Time’s coverage of the Watergate affair, a Watergate glossary, political cartoons, and streaming video.
• Watergate
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/front.htm
  This 1997 Washington Post supplement, marking the 25^th anniversary of the Watergate burglary, contains  a chronology, description of the key figures involved in the affair, and discussion of the reforms that grew out of the investigation.

 AMERICA SINCE 1980

• The Gulf War
  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/
  A companion site to the PBS documentary, the site contains oral histories, sound files, maps, a chronology, interviews with decision-maker, and a section on weapons and technology.
• Men of the Year: Reagan, Andropov, and Gorbachev
  http://cgi.pathfinder.com/time/special/moy/
  This site reproduces three Time Magazine “Man of the Year” articles: a 1980 article discussing Ronald Reagan's appeal on the eve of his presidency; a 1983 article on Reagan and the new Soviet leader Yuri Andropov; and a 1987 article examining Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (economic liberalization).
• The Impeachment Trial
  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/impeachment/index.html
  The PBS NewsHour site contains a sources relating to the impeachment and acquittal of President Bill Clinton, supplemented with guide to impeachment and a history of impeachment.

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