The Iran-Contra Connection - Secret Teams and Covert Operations in the Reagan Era

Marshall, Jonathan; Scott, Peter Dale; Hunter, Jane

ISBN 10: 0921689152 / ISBN 13: 9780921689157

Published by Black Rose Books, Montreal, PQ, Canada, 1987

About this Item

"This explosive book lays bare the personalities and institutional relations behind the headlines. It goes beyond the recent events to discern the roots of contemporary U.S. covert activity within the past two decades. Delves into the details of CIA and extra-CIA operations, including drug-trafficking, gun-running, government-toppling, and assassination." - back cover. "An informative and shocking book that takes us from the Bay of Pigs fiasco to the drug-fuelled secret war in Laos, from the urban hustle-and-bustle of Tehran to the steamy jungles of Central America. Profiteers pose as patriarchs, mercenaries claim to be humanitarians, and totalitarian thugs commit their atrocities in the name of political freedom - while back in Washington it's all just one more day at the office." - R.T. Naylor, author of Hot Money. 315 pages including footnotes and index. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with very light wear. No dust jacket, as issued. A rare and high-quality hardcover example of this important exposé. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Iran-Contra Connection - Secret Teams and Covert Operations in the Reagan Era
• Publisher: Black Rose Books, Montreal, PQ, Canada
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0921689152
• ISBN 13: 9780921689157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Conspiracy
  • Covert Operations
  • History

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Synopsis

This explosive book lays bare the personalities and institutional relations behind the headlines. It goes beyond the recent events to discern the roots of contemporary U.S. covert activity within the past two decades. The Iran-Contra Connection delves in to the details of CIA and extra-CIA operations, including drug-trafficking, gun-running, government-toppling, and assassination. The Iran-Contra scandal is not merely a plan gone awry, the authors argue, but a consistent outgrowth of a long tradition of U.S. covert activity- from the Bay of Pigs invasion teams to the NSC organizational team; from the CIA and the World Anti-Communist League to the Israeli connection and the State Department.