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For the last two years, the author has been investigating the secret funding of the Contras by the White House. Here, she identifies the network of National Security Council staff (led by Colonel Oliver North), CIA operatives and ex-agents who set up this illegal support system, after the passage of the Boland Amendment in October 1984 made it illegal for the US government to give direct and indirect aid to the Contras. There is a detailed account of how mercenaries were recruited from all over the world and sent to CIA-run training bases in Costa Rica; how money was obtained through various means, ranging from the Iran arms deal to an arrangement with cocaine smugglers bringing drugs into Florida in return for quarterly payments into Contra bank accounts; how guns were procured, flown to US-controlled military bases in Central America, and then delivered into the hands of the Contras. The author, a British journalist, has worked for CBS News since 1978.
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Out of Control
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1988
ISBN 10: 0747500665
ISBN 13: 9780747500667
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Condition: Very Good. : En este revelador libro de investigación, la periodista Leslie Cockburn expone la red secreta de financiación y apoyo logístico establecida por la administración Reagan para los Contras en Nicaragua, tras la aprobación de la Enmienda Boland. A través de una exhaustiva investigación, la autora detalla cómo se reclutaron mercenarios, se establecieron rutas ilegales de armas y se forjaron conexiones con el tráfico de drogas para financiar una guerra encubierta que el gobierno estadounidense tenía prohibido apoyar oficialmente.La obra ofrece una mirada cruda y documentada sobre las operaciones clandestinas del Consejo de Seguridad Nacional, lideradas por figuras como Oliver North, y cómo estas actividades socavaron la legalidad y la ética gubernamental. Es un testimonio esencial para comprender las complejidades políticas y los conflictos geopolíticos en Centroamérica durante la década de 1980, revelando los riesgos que enfrentaron quienes intentaron sacar a la luz esta oscura trama. EAN: 9780747500667 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia Título: Out of Control Autor: Leslie Cockburn Editorial: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Idioma: en Páginas: 287 Formato: tapa dura. Seller Inventory # Happ-2026-07-01-a7c325aa
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OUT OF CONTROL. The Story of the Reagan Administration's Secret War in Nicaragua, the Illegal Arms Pipeline, and the Contra Drug Connection.
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. HARDBACK 1988. Clean & tight. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 133.3. Out of Control. ISBN: 0747500665. Seller Inventory # 040565
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