Firewall: The Iran-Contra Conspiracy and Cover-Up

By Lawrence E. Walsh

Book Overview

The story of one of the most famous breaches of American presidential authority since Watergate. The Iran-Contra conspiracy gave rise to a constitutional confrontation that pitted the executive, legislative and judicial branches of US government against one another. The conflict reached into the White House itself and two presidents were involved in illegal activities.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393040348
• ISBN13: 9780393040340
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.8" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

A SHARPLY AWAKENING ANTIDOTE TO THE CURRENT SOPORIFIC LIES AND DECEIT

We at this point in history are required to grow misty eyed at the sudden recent discovery some twenty years later of alleged carefully hand written diaries beautifully bound of the now hallowed Reagan's recollections of times and events he later swore under oath he could not recall. We must remember earlier alleged handwritten diaries said to have been passed poolside at Managua's Intercontinental Hotel prior to a devastatng...

Patriotism? Self responsiblity? Rule of Law? Character?

This book is the story of a life-long Republican retired federal judge's seven year struggle to unravel the truth behind a vast government conspiracy to conceal willful violations of our country's laws by President Ronald Reagan and many members of his cabinet,CIA officials, members of his national security team and assorted Republican political operatives both inside Congress and out. Mr. Walsh does yeoman work in presenting...

This book explains why Walsh did not get any convictions

While I was at times confused by the legal problems Walsh's team were confronted with, I did clearly understand why Lawrence Walsh did not get very far with his investigation. Mainly it was because the targets of his investigation had designed a highly secretive plot and had the protection of the CIA or the National Security Council. Documents were denied or shredded, subjects lied or refused to testify all on the basis...

Clear and enthralling account of Iran-Contra scandal.

Even for someone familiar with the Iran-Contra scandal, Walsh's account helps to clear up many details of the Washington power structure, and to understand the odds which he was against. The White House never intended him to do what he did. The book is sensational! NYTimes says first chapters are dull. Hah! Since the NYTimes didn't pick up on the scandal from the beginning, now it sniffs. What did NYTimes want.. photos...

A first rate account of an important chapter of U.S. history

A previous reviewer was critical of Walsh for not being able to get Oliver North for anything more than "spitting on the ground." Had this reviewer taken the time to actually read the book, he would have realized that Congress made that task next to impossible by granting North immunity in exchange for his testimony. The shredding of evidence and claims of "national security" for those few pieces of evidence that did survive...