
A Very Thin Line: The Iran-Contra Affairs
Theodore Draper
Details the origins of the Iran-Contra scandal, the roles of Reagan, Bush, CIA Director Casey, and others, and argues that President Reagan clearly set the policy then feigned ignorance to escape blame.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Touchstone Books
- Year
- 1992
- ISBN-13
- 9780671778149
- Genre
- Politics & Current Affairs
- Topics
- Iran-Contra affairReagan administrationPresidential accountability
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for HistoryShortlistedMajor(1992)
Other awarded books from Theodore Draper
- Present History: On Nuclear War, Detente and Other
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