Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth' [Unabridged]

Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth' [Unabridged]

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Book Description
- Lost History is a kind of All the President's Men in reverse. As that journalistic classic followed Woodward and Bernstein exposing Watergate, Lost History is the inside story of reporters who broke the key stories of the Iran-contra scandal. But instead of basking in praise, they paid a high personal price. In a larger sense, Lost History explains how the Washington press corps of the 1980s missed or under-reported many of the major scandals of the era, from the dirty secret of Nicaraguan contra-cocaine trafficking to the Guatemalan army's genocide against Mayan Indians. Not only does Lost History recover this important historical record from the government's secret files, but it shows how the decade of the 1980s was the missing link in the transformation of the Washington press corps from the glory days of Watergate to the tawdry tabloid moments of Monica Lewinsky. This is a book not only about "lost history" but about a political system that has lost its way.

About the Author
Robert Parry, an award-winning investigative journalist, broke many of the stories now known as the Iran-contra affair, including the first story about Oliver North's secret network and the first story about Nicaraguan contra-cocaine trafficking. While working for The Associated Press, Newsweek and PBS Frontline, Parry covered the political intrigue of Washington and international hotspots from Iran to Haiti, from Israel to Nicaragua.

Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth' [Unabridged]

Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth',Robert Parry,Media Consortium,1893517004,1981-1989,1989-1993,1993-2001,20th century,Conspiracy & Scandal Investigations,History,History & Theory - General,History - General History,History - U.S.,Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990,Modern - 20th Century,Political Science,Politics and government,Politics/International Relations,Scandals,United States,United States - 20th Century (1945 to 2000),United States - 20th Century (1945 to present),Current Affairs,Media Studies,Politics

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