Iran-Contra : Reagan's scandal and the unchecked abuse of presidential power / Malcolm Byrne ; forew...
Iran-Contra : Reagan's scandal and the unchecked abuse of presidential power / Malcolm Byrne ; forew...
Iran-Contra : Reagan's scandal and the unchecked abuse of presidential power / Malcolm Byrne ; foreword by Bruce Riedel.
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Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]
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G 2015/1476
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English
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xxv, 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Foreword / by Bruce Riedel -- Preface: Settings for the Scandal -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Raising the Contras -- 2. Coping with Iran -- 3. Taking Over the Covert War -- 4. TOW Missiles to Tehran -- 5. Quid pro Quos -- 6. HAWKS -- 7. Tightening the Reins on the Contras -- 8. A Neat Ide...
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Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2014]
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Kansas
Date Published
[2014]
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"Everything began to unravel on October 5, 1986, when a Nicaraguan soldier downed an American plane carrying arms to 'Contra' guerrillas, exposing a tightly held U.S. clandestine program. A month later, reports surfaced that Washington had been covertly selling arms to Iran (our sworn enemy and a state sponsor of terrorism), in exchange for help fr...
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Iran-Contra : Reagan's scandal and the unchecked abuse of presidential power / Malcolm Byrne ; foreword by Bruce Riedel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2015/1476
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74VKO4O76mdg
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0700619917 (hardback : acid-free paper)
9780700619917 (hardback : acid-free paper)
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320.97309048
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991022620899702626
