iran contra scandal

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…deceived Congress about two major international operations, both of which were illegal. The Iran-Contra Affair remains a disgrace in the history of American policy and tarnished the Reagan presidency. Bibliography Arnson, Cynthia J. 1989. Crossroads: Congress, The Reagan Administration, and Central America. New York: Random House. Draper, Theodore. 1991. A Very Thin Line: The Iran-Contra Affairs. New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. Walsh, Lawrence E. 1997. Firewall: The Iran Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.