Reagan Versus The Sandinistas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reagan Versus The Sandinistas write by Thomas W Walker. This book was released on 2019-07-11. Reagan Versus The Sandinistas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The product of research and investigation by a team of sixteen authors, Reagan versus the Sandinistas is the most comprehensive and current study to date of the Reagan administration's mounting campaign to reverse the Sandinista revolution. The authors thoroughly examine all major aspects of Reagan's "low-intensity war," from the U.S. government's attempts at economic destabilization to direct CIA sabotage and the sponsorship of the contras or freedom fighters. They also explore less-public tactics such as electronic penetration, behind-the-scenes manipulation of religious and ethnic tensions, and harassment of U.S. Nicaraguan specialists and "fellow travelers." The book concludes with a consideration of the impact of these activities and their implications for international law, U.S. interests, U.S. polity, and Nicaragua itself. Reagan versus the Sandinistas is designed not only for courses on Latin America, U.S. foreign policy, and international relations, but also for students, scholars, and others interested in understanding one of the most massive, complex efforts—short of direct intervention—organized by the United States to overthrow the government of another country.
Nicaragua, the Price of Intervention
Nicaragua, the Price of Intervention - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nicaragua, the Price of Intervention write by Peter Kornbluh. This book was released on 1987. Nicaragua, the Price of Intervention available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Reagan Versus The Sandinistas
Reagan Versus The Sandinistas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reagan Versus The Sandinistas write by Thomas W Walker. This book was released on 1987-07-23. Reagan Versus The Sandinistas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Reagan Vs. the Sandinistas
Reagan Vs. the Sandinistas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reagan Vs. the Sandinistas write by Centro de Comunicación Internacional (Managua, Nicaragua). This book was released on 1987. Reagan Vs. the Sandinistas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Iran-Contra
Iran-Contra - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Iran-Contra write by Malcolm Byrne. This book was released on 2017-09-11. Iran-Contra available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Everything began to unravel on October 5, 1986, when a Nicaraguan soldier downed an American plane carrying arms to “Contra” guerrillas, exposing a tightly held U.S. clandestine program. A month later, reports surfaced that Washington had been covertly selling arms to Iran (our sworn enemy and a state sponsor of terrorism), in exchange for help freeing hostages in Beirut. The profits, it turned out, were going to support the Contras, despite an explicit ban by Congress. In the firestorm that erupted, shocking details emerged, raising the prospect of impeachment, and the American public confronted a scandal as momentous as it was confusing. At its center was President Ronald Reagan amid a swirl of questions about illegal wars, consorting with terrorists, and the abuse of presidential power. Yet, despite the enormity of the issues, the affair dropped from the public radar due to media overkill, years of legal wrangling, and a vigorous campaign to forestall another Watergate. As a result, many Americans failed to grasp the scandal’s full import. Through exhaustive use of declassified documents, previously unavailable investigative materials, and wide-ranging interviews, Malcolm Byrne revisits this largely forgotten and misrepresented episode. Placing the events in their historical and political context (notably the Cold War and a sharp partisan domestic divide), he explores what made the affair possible and meticulously relates how it unfolded—including clarifying minor myths about cakes, keys, bibles, diversion memos, and shredding parties. Iran-Contra demonstrates that, far from being a “junta” against the president, the affair could not have occurred without awareness and approval at the very top of the U.S. government. Byrne reveals an unmistakable pattern of dubious behavior—including potentially illegal conduct by the president, vice president, the secretaries of state and defense, the CIA director and others—that formed the true core of the scandal. Given the lack of meaningful consequences for those involved, the volume raises critical questions about the ability of our current system of checks and balances to address presidential abuses of power, and about the possibility of similar outbreaks in the future.
