Popular iran contra books meet your next favorite book. The best books on the irancontra affair 2020 including a very thin line. This eventually led to the full exposure of the operation and the irancontra affair. Congress or violated the stated public policy of the government. Secret teams and covert operations in the reagan era. Israel and the contras excerpted from the book the iran contra connection secret teams and covert operations in the reagan era by johnathan marshall, peter. Secrets of an irancontra insider 2001 and read about jeb bushs dealings with operatives such as al martin, oliver north.
Fiasco tries to make irancontra a teachable moment. The irancontra conspiracy and coverup by lawrence e. These claims have led to investigations by the united states government, including hearings and reports by the united states house of representatives, senate, department of justice, and the cias office of the inspector general. Because of caseys important position and relevance to the irancontra affairs, walsh. The irancontra connection is as disturbing as the tower report is consoling.
The authors argue that the irancontra scandal is not merely a plan gone awry, but a consistent outgrowth of a long tradition of covert u. The irancontra conspiracy and coverup new ed by lawrence e. To get a taste of that read al martins book the conspirators. Former president ronald reagan was questioned under oath about the irancontra scandal for the first time friday, but the federal courtroom where he faced john poindexters lawyers was closed to the public. Adnan khashoggi and ari benmenashe kept popping up not only in relationship to the armshostagesdrugs circus that was iran contra, but also in connection to the bcci scandal bank of credit and commerce international, or as we like to call it here, the bank of crooks and criminals international. In 1994 he published a bestselling book, compromised. Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to the. Terry reed iswas a formercia spook who by his own account was employed to train nicaraguan pilots in iran contra, then involved in production of shipping weapons to them, but claimed originally not to have known about the trafficking of cocaine back to usa. The iran contra scandal is not merely a plan gone awry, the authors argue, but a consistent outgrowth of a long tradition of u. Popular iran contra affair books showing 15 of 5 drift. William casey cia director william casey was president reagans director of central intelligence from 1981 until january 1987, when he was forced to resign due to a severe brain tumor.
If this book is even half true, it means that less than ten percent of the reagan and. What is the connection between iran and the contras in the. Secret teams and covert operations in the reagan era paperback by. In either case, it almost pales in comparison to nixons sabotoge of the viet nam peace agreement so he could get elected and carry on the war for two more bloody years. Hunter, jane, marshall, jonathan, scott, peter dale. Melton revealed the existence of the riglet in a deposition given to the iran contra committees. If youre old enough to remember the irancontra affair, this book will either seem incredible or a validation of what you suspected. Jeb bush, oliver north and the murder of cia drug smuggler.
The irancontra connection delves in to the details of cia and extracia operations, including drugtrafficking, gunrunning, governmenttoppling, and assassination. If youre old enough to remember the iran contra affair, this book will either seem incredible or a validation of what you suspected. This explosive book lays bare the personalities and institutional relations behind the headlines. Bushs decision was a selfserving one as a trial examining weinbergers role in irancontra, including the administrations orchestrated coverup, risked exposing the outgoing presidents. According to reagan, these iranians sought to establish a quiet relationship with the united states, before. What are quality books about the irancontra affair. Cia involvement in contra cocaine trafficking wikipedia. Iran contra affair 1983 1988 the iran contra affair began as an internal u. The irancontra affair was the product of two separate initiatives during the administration of president ronald reagan. In 1984, the boland amendment passed, which said that the cia and department of defense could not give militaristic aid specifically in nicaragua. The authors are right in criticizing the tower commission for seeing the affair as primarily the outcome of reagans management style. This electronic briefing book is compiled from declassified documents obtained by the national security archive, including the notebooks kept by nsc aide and irancontra figure oliver north, electronic mail messages written by highranking reagan administration officials, memos detailing the contra war effort, and fbi and dea reports. The irancontra affair never ended washington monthly. The archives chronology offers a complete summary of every known relevant fact connected with the irancontra scandal.
The same day that the irancontra connection was disclosed, president reagan accepted the resignation of his national security adviser, vice admiral. The name is a diminutive for rig, which stands for restricted interagency group. Irancontra is a complicated affair, but neyfakh trusts us to follow along, while warning early on that when it comes to irancontra, most people just dont have a firm grasp on what happened. Editorial and commentary from oped columnists, the editorial board and contributing writers from the dallas morning news, delivered three days a week. North, oliver oliver north testifying at the irancontra. This extraordinary book narrates a frightening, shocking story. This extraordinary book narrates a frightening, shocking story that shakes the foundations of the republic. Israel and the contras excerpted from the book the iran. From the bay of pigs invasion teams to the nsc organizational team. Obsession with the russia connection is a highrisk anti. The first shipment through the second channel is sent to iran. Another intriguing epstein connection stillness in the storm. Understanding the irancontra affairs the legal aftermath. According to the final report by irancontra special prosecutor lawrence walsh, an officer of republic national bank.
National security archive electronic briefing book no. What does william barr have to do with iran contra. The contra connection caused outrage in congress, which in 1982 had passed the boland amendment prohibiting the use of federal money for the purpose of overthrowing the government of nicaragua. The dallaswatergateirancontra connection has been thoroughly documented by the key jfk researchers, and in particular, in the work of peter dale scott, one of the very first to show the deep political continuity across three decades. Caso iran contra, popularized in iran as the mcfarlane affair, the iran contra scandal, or simply iran contra, was a political scandal in the united states that occurred during the second term of the reagan administration. The irancontra affair popularized in iran as the mcfarlane affair, the irancontra scandal. It goes beyond the recent events to discern the roots of contemporary u. Clinton, bush and the cia and in 1995 produced a film, the mena connection, which. Irancontra connection by jane hunter, peter dale scott.
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