Overview
ArgoĀ meetsĀ Spotlight, as journalist Craig Unger, New York Times bestselling author ofĀ American KompromatĀ andĀ House of Bush, House of Saud, reveals his thirty-year investigation into the secret collusion between Ronald Reaganās 1980 presidential campaign and Iran, raising urgent questions about what happens when foreign meddling in our elections goes unpunished and what gets remembered when the political price for treason is victory.Ā
It was a tinderbox of an accusation. In April 1991,Ā the New York TimesĀ ran an op-ed alleging that Ronald Reaganās 1980 presidential campaign had conspired with the Iranian government to delay the release of 52 American hostages until after the 1980 election. The Iranian hostage crisis was President Jimmy Carterās largest political vulnerability, and his lack of success freeing them ultimately sealed his fate at the ballot box. In return for keeping Americans in captivity until Reagan assumed the oath of office, the Republicans had secretly funneled arms to Iran. Treasonous and illegal, the operationāplanned and executed by Reaganās campaign manager Bill Caseyāamounted to a shadow foreign policy run by private citizens that ensured Reaganās victory.
Investigative journalist Craig Unger was one of the first reporters covering the October Surpriseāinitially forĀ EsquireĀ and thenĀ Newsweekāand while attempting to unravel the mystery, he was fired, sued, and ostracized by the Washington press corps, as a counter narrative took hold: The October Surprise was a hoax. Though Unger later recovered his name and became a bestselling author on Republican abuses of power, the October Surprise remained his white whale, the project heāas well as legendary investigative journalist, the late Robert Parryāworked on late at night and between assignments.
InĀ Den of Spies, Unger reveals the definitive story of the October Surprise, going inside his three-decade reporting odyssey, along with Parryās never-before-seen archives,Ā and sharing startling truths about what really happened in 1980. The result is a real-life political thriller filled with double agents, CIA operatives, slippery politicians, KGB documents, wealthy Republicans, and dogged journalists. A timely and provocative history that presages our Trump-era political scandals,Ā Den of SpiesĀ demonstrates the stakes of allowing the politics of the moment to obscure the writing of our history.
This book title, Den of Spies (Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House), ISBN: 9780063330603, by Craig Unger, published by HarperCollins (October 1, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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