Firewall by Lawrence E Walsh

Firewall by Lawrence E Walsh

With Ronald Reagan's knowledge and support, the United States attempted to trade arms for hostages held by Iranian terrorists; some of the secret money then funded the guerrilla activities of the Nicaraguan Contras, a counter-revolutionary group that Congress had specifically forbidden the administration to support. In this historic, first-person account, the independent counsel in the Iran-Contra investigation exposes the extraordinary duplicity of the highest officials of the Reagan administration and the paralyzing effects of the cover-up.

"Not simply an important public accounting of an egregiously misconceived policy, but a cautionary tale of power" -- August Richard Norton - Boston Globe
"We would never have known the truth about Iran-Contra without the tenacious seven-year struggle by the independent counsel in the affair, Lawrence Walsh, to get to the bottom of it…Of first-rate historical importance." -- Doug Ireland - The Nation

Lawrence E. Walsh (1912—2014) was an American lawyer and former U.S. District Court judge and Deputy Attorney General who was appointed Independent Counsel in December 1986 to investigate the Iran-Contra affair during the Reagan Administration.

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ISBN 13	9780393318609
ISBN 10	0393318605
Title	Firewall
Author	Lawrence E Walsh
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	WW Norton & Co
Year published	1999-02-10
Number of pages	594
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