{"product_id":"den-of-spies-reagan-carter-and-the-secret-history-of-the-treason-that-stole-the-white-house-paperback","title":"Den of Spies: Reagan, Carter, and the Secret History of the Treason That Stole the White House - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCraig Unger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A persuasive affirmation of a shocking conspiracy theory.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Unger has pursued the story of the October surprise for more than 30 years, often to his own cost. ...peppered with amazing details... \u003cem\u003eDen of Spies\u003c\/em\u003e comes out in a world where dark machinations to win power no longer seem so unthinkable as in the days of Carter, Reagan and Bush.\"--The Guardian\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe explosive inside story of the October Surprise conspiracy, a stunning act of treason that changed American history. \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author Craig Unger reveals his thirty-year investigation into the secret collusion between Ronald Reagan's 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. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a tinderbox of an accusation. In April 1991, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e ran an op-ed alleging that Ronald Reagan's 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 Carter's 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 operation--planned and executed by Reagan's campaign manager Bill Casey--amounted to a shadow foreign policy run by private citizens that ensured Reagan's victory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvestigative journalist Craig Unger was one of the first reporters covering the October Surprise--initially for \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e and then \u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e--and 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 he--as well as legendary investigative journalist, the late Robert Parry--worked on late at night and between assignments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDen of Spies\u003c\/em\u003e, Unger reveals the definitive story of the October Surprise, going inside his three-decade reporting odyssey, along with Parry's never-before-seen archives, 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, \u003cem\u003eDen of Spies\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates the stakes of allowing the politics of the moment to obscure the writing of our history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.6 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47500638978301,"sku":"9780063330610","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/G2_Ign3w699780063330610.webp?v=1778028928","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/den-of-spies-reagan-carter-and-the-secret-history-of-the-treason-that-stole-the-white-house-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}