Under Fire; An American Story
New York: HarperPaperbacks, 1992. First Paperback Edition. First Printing. Mass market paperback. Pocket paperback. xvi, 544 pages. Illustrations. Appendix. Index. Some soiling to fore-edge. Includes a new chapter. Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is an American political commentator, television host, military historian, author, and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel. A veteran of the Vietnam War, North was a National Security Council staff member during the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal of the late 1980s. It involved the illegal sale of weapons to the Khomeini regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran to encourage the release of American hostages then held in Lebanon. North formulated the second part of the plan, which was to divert proceeds from the arms sales to support the Contra rebel groups in Nicaragua, sales which had been specifically prohibited under the Boland Amendment. North was granted limited immunity from prosecution in exchange for testifying before Congress about the scheme. He was initially convicted on three felony charges, but the convictions were vacated and reversed and all charges against him dismissed in 1991. North unsuccessfully challenged for the U.S. Senate seat held by Chuck Robb from Virginia in 1994, receiving 43% of the vote. He then hosted a talk show on Radio America from 1995 to 2003, and hosted War Stories with Oliver North on Fox News from 2001 to 2016. William Novak (born 1948) is Canadian-American author who has co-written or ghostwritten numerous celebrity memoirs for people including Lee Iacocca, Nancy Reagan, and Magic Johnson. In this candid book, Oliver North, the man who has been at the centre of the Iran-Contra controversy tells the story of his life. He reveals the inside story behind the headlines and stresses the importance of his family and his enduring faith, which have seen him through the toughest times. From the first page, Under Fire, is a compelling read and remains so throughout. Rather than concentrating solely on the lran-Contra scandal, Under Fire seeks to be much more. Although the book opens with the scandal and how news of it was broken to the world in November 1986, it soon rearranges itself into a chronological pattern and goes back to the days of North's childhood in upstate New York. Condition: Good.
Keywords: Oliver North, Autobiography, Intelligence, Ronald Reagan, Iran-Contra, Libya, Richard Secord, Robert MacFarlane, John Poindexter
ISBN: 0061090565
[Book #23104]
Price: $17.50