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Under Fire: An American Story
by: Oliver L. North

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Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 359.96092
EAN: 9780060183349
ISBN: 0060183349
Label: HarperCollins Publishers
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 446
Publication Date: 1991-10
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Studio: HarperCollins Publishers
Sales Rank: 130670

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Addressing, for the first time, the events that led to his trial, Oliver North explains his role in the Iran-Contra affair and discusses the involvement of other powerful politicos. 450,000 first printing. $300,000 ad/promo. BOMC. First serial, Time. Tour.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Under Fire Reviw
Not too bad of a book. Explains alot of the details in the Iran-contra affair and he explains his personal involvement in the Vietnam War.

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- A Traitor
How could a Marine (North) even consider selling weapons to a nation (Iran) that financed the suicide attack (carried out by Hezbollah) that murdered over 140 of his fellow Marines in Beruit in '83? It boggles the mind. He is a traitor who should have been sent to Leavenworth, along with all of the morally challanged officers and politicians above him.

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- Ally of fascism and terrorism
The main issue, unacknowledged in North's disgusting, self-justifying book and unmentioned in most of these reviews, is not whether North was acting 'illegally' or without Reagan's consent - it's the fact that he was involved in siphoning money to fascist death squads so that they could overthrow a democratic government. The Contras murdered, mutilated, tortured and raped civilians; 30,000 people lost their lives in the civil war between the Contras and the government. The victims of the Contra attacks were not 'evil Communists', but priests, teachers, nurses and schoolchildren.

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- colonel makes more hits than a nicaraguan death squad
colonel north does it again by giving the reader a searing and fascinating look into his life all while importing enough cocaine into america to finance a large village in columbia, what a busy guy!!!. The only thing that disapointed me was the colonel's lack of detail's regarding the time he spent destroying incriminating documents after former head of c.i.a william casey gave him the heads up to get rid of the documents, nice work ollie!!!......

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- Almost bought it.
I almost bought this book but then read the 9/11 report and was reminded that Mr. North broke the law, was indicted, and then was pardoned because of a technicality;and now for some reason, there are those trying to make a hero out of him....he's taken advantage of his ill begotten fame and has made himself a millionaire...Fox news loves him....I then decided not to contribute to his coffers....

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