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The Spectacle of History: Speech, Text, and Memory at the Iran-Contra Hearings

By David Bogen (Editor), Michael E. Lynch (Editor)
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By David Bogen (Editor), Michael E. Lynch (Editor)
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How is history produced? How do individuals write—or rewrite—their parts while engaged in the production of history? Michael Lynch and David Bogen take the example of the Iran-contra hearings to explore these questions. These hearings, held in 1987 by the Joint House-Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Nicaragua Opposition, provided the nation with a media spectacle and a rare chance to see a struggle over the writing of history. There was Oliver North, pri...

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