Ronald Reagan's efforts to eradicate Communism spanned the globe, but the insurgent Contras' cause in Nicaragua was particularly dear to him. Battling the Cuban-backed Sandinistas, the Contras were, ...

Richard V. Secord, a retired U.S. Air Force major general who landed in the national spotlight after his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair in the 1980s, has died. The general − whose long career ...

Retired Air Force Major General Richard V. Secord, a veteran of America’s clandestine operations who served as the point man for the transactions in the Iran-contra affair, the arms-for-hostages ...

(CNN) — Two key figures in the Iran-Contra affair quietly married last month, nearly 40 years after the scandal rocked US politics and President Ronald Reagan’s administration. Oliver North married ...

The U.S. Council for World Freedom also aided rebels trying to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua. That landed the group in the middle of the Iran-Contra affair and in legal trouble with ...

Epix has greenlighted Fiasco, a docuseries from Leon Neyfakh based on his podcast about America’s most pivotal historical events. The six-episode series about politics, power, and uncertainty hails ...

Key Points - During the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, Iran's US-made F-14 Tomcat fighters were a crucial asset, using their powerful AWG-9 radar and long-range AIM-54 Phoenix missiles to achieve air ...

The Iran-Contra affair was a scandal that went right to the heart of Ronald Reagan’s White House and it became known as one of the most controversial political scandals in modern US history. In 1986, ...

(CNN) — Two key figures in the Iran-Contra affair quietly married last month, nearly 40 years after the scandal rocked US politics and President Ronald Reagan’s administration. (CNN) — Two key figures ...