The Imperial Presidency Pushes Back
Review of Iran Contra: Reagan’s Scandal and the Unchecked Abuse of Presidential Power, by Malcolm Byrne (Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 2014)
… (xxi). Byrne, who is the Deputy Director for the National Research Archive, challenges the oft-accepted idea … United States to ask for assistance in delivering weapons. National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane approached Reagan … were joined together when Oliver North suggested to the National Security Council that future arms deals happen …