The Iran-Contra hearings narrowed down to two single subjects "what did the president know, and when did he know it" and the financial transfers.

The covert war against Nicaragua, rendered illegal by the Boland Amendment, the violation of ordinary laws through assisting a foreign war and the transfer of arms and cooperation with & protection of drug smugglers, etc were never considered. This is the subject the book explores in full.

One point of order however, its reference notes are not numbered and there is no index. ( )