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020 _a9780700620364
020 _z9780700619917 (hardback : acid-free paper)
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
_dBD-SySUS.
050 0 0 _aE876
_b.B97 2014
100 1 _aByrne, Malcolm.
245 1 0 _aIran-Contra
_h[electronic resource] :
_bReagan's scandal and the unchecked abuse of presidential power /
_cMalcolm Byrne ; foreword by Bruce Riedel.
260 _aLawrence, Kansas :
_bUniversity Press of Kansas,
_c2014.
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (pages cm)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aForeword / 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 Idea -- 9. Air Contra -- 10. Road to Tehran -- 11. Meltdown -- 12. Blowback -- 13. The Early Cover-Up -- 14. Congress Steps In -- 15. The Independent Counsel.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 7 _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
_2bisacsh
650 0 _aPolitical corruption
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aExecutive power
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aPower (Social sciences)
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aScandals
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aIran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990.
600 1 0 _aReagan, Ronald.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xPolitics and government
_y1981-1989.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
830 0 _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780700620364/
942 _2Dewey Decimal Classification
_ceBooks
999 _c31282
_d31282