Lives, Lies & the Iran Contra Affair

by Ann Wroe

Book Overview

This book examines the Iran-Contra affair, the trials of Poindexter and North and the testimony of Ronald Reagan as a test-case of political morality. It draws out the implications of the statements... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185043333X
• ISBN13: 9781850433330
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: I.B. Tauris
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 10.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

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Ann Wroe is a British historian, whose impressive knowledge of the European Middle Ages might seem an odd preparation for a book about the most sordid episode of duplicity and opportunism in modern American history, the Iran-Contra affair engineered under the back side of the aegis of Ronald Reagan. I've just been rereading her splendid book "A Fool and His Money", based on the archival transcript of a trial in Rodez, France, in 1370. One trial reminded me of another. I read this powerful book about poilitcal ethics when it first appeared 15 years ago; most of my opinions about the misconduct of North, Poindexter, and their den master came from this book, but I don't remember it well enough to review it in more detail. I'm just glad that it's still available used. Read it, Americans! You need it!