num_pages: 544
description: In its chilling and unsparing revelations, Firewall is the definitive account of the most dangerous breach of presidential authority since Watergate. 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.
language: English
title: Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-up
titlecomplete: Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-up
characters: Robert S. Bennett, Lawrence Walsh, Edwin Meese, Elliott Abrams, George H. W. Bush, Robert McFarlane, Richard Secord, Ronald Reagan, John Poindexter, Caspar Weinberger, George Shultz, Oliver North, Donald Regan
genres: United States, History, Iran, American History, War, Crime, Nonfiction, True Crime, Politics
ratings_count: 67
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company