num_pages: 305
description: Lost History is a kind of All the President's Men, in reverse.It tells the inside story of how reporters uncovered the Iran-contrascandal and paid dearly with their careers. More broadly, the bookexplains how the vaunted Watergate press corps of the 1970s changed intothe tabloidish Monica Lewinsky press corps of the 1990s -- and how much ofthis era's most important history has been "lost."
  
  About the Author:
Robert Parry, a 22-year veteran of Washingtonjournalism, broke many of the stories now known as the Iran-Contra Affair,including the first story about Oliver North's secret contra-supportoperation and first story about Nicaraguan contra drug trafficking. Hiscareer with the Associated Press, Newsweek and PBS's Frontline program hastaken Parry to hot spots all over the world, from Iran to Central America.He now edits the investigative publication, iF Magazine, and the Internetmagazine, Consortiumnews.com
language: English
title: Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth'
titlecomplete: Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth'
genres: Journalism, History, Politics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 27
publisher: Media Consortium