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The Iran-Contra Scandal

by Christine Petersen

Cover of The Iran-Contra Scandal

Discusses events leading up to the 1986 Iran-Contra scandal, wherein the Reagan administration sold guns to Iran in exchange for hostages and assisted rebels trying to overthrow the government of Nicaragua.

Politics and governmentIran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990Juvenile literatureUnited states, politics and governmentUnited states, politics and government, juvenile literatureMiddle east, politics and governmentMiddle east, juvenile literatureCentral america, juvenile literatureCentral america, historyUnited states, history, 20th centuryUnited states, history, 20th century, juvenile literature