Firewall: Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-up

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1999
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With Ronald Reagan's knowledge and support, the United States attempted to trade arms for hostages held by Iranian terrorists; some of the secret money then funded the guerrilla activities of the Nicaraguan Contras, a counter-revolutionary group that Congress had specifically forbidden the administration to support. In this historic, first-person account, the independent counsel in the Iran-Contra investigation exposes the extraordinary duplicity of the highest officials of the Reagan administration and the paralyzing effects of the cover-up.

Synopsis

With Ronald Reagan's knowledge and support, the United States attempted to trade arms for hostages held by Iranian terrorists; some of the secret money then funded the guerrilla activities of the Nicaraguan Contras, a counter-revolutionary group that Congress had specifically forbidden the administration to support. In this historic, first-person account, the independent counsel in the Iran-Contra investigation exposes the extraordinary duplicity of the highest officials of the Reagan administration and the paralyzing effects of the cover-up.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 952
Edition: New edition
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Published: 10 Feb 1999
ISBN 10: 0393318605
ISBN 13: 9780393318609

Media Reviews

Not simply an important public accounting of an egregiously misconceived policy, but a cautionary tale of power. -- August Richard Norton - Boston Globe
We would never have known the truth about Iran-Contra without the tenacious seven-year struggle by the independent counsel in the affair, Lawrence Walsh, to get to the bottom of it...Of first-rate historical importance. -- Doug Ireland - The Nation

Author Bio

Lawrence E. Walsh (1912-2014) was an American lawyer and former U.S. District Court judge and Deputy Attorney General who was appointed Independent Counsel in December 1986 to investigate the Iran-Contra affair during the Reagan Administration.