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Name: Under Fire

Full name: Under Fire: An American Story

Authors: Oliver North, William Novak
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9780060183349
0060183349

I found this book disorganized, tedious and long. Oliver North jumps around from the present to a few years ago to his childhood to two days ago to the early years of his marriage. It is just too hard to follow, and much of it is boring and not applicable to the Iran- Contra affair. I wanted to read this book to find out more about the affair which happened in my early childhood and instead was inundated with hundreds of names of people and not enough detail. I would've had a better idea of what went on, if North could've limited the number of names of people he brought into the story. Many characters were not necessary. I think it's obvious what happened to Oliver North, even though it's not mentioned in the book. Ronald Reagan had the starts of Alzheimer's and didn't remember everything that went on. Because Reagan felt like US laws had been violated, he put North and a handful of others on trial. North became the fall guy as a result of his own coworkers turning on him and trying to clear their own names. This, I believe was the true crime. I think he would've been a lot smarter to keep a massive paper trail of executive orders that could put blame where blame was due. That alone would've cleared his name.As for the fiasco, I think Oliver North was a good guy and had the wonderful intention of saving human lives. I think he lacked good judgement because he did not question putting our US weapons in the hands of terrorists, contra rebels, and countries we have a hard time trusting. I think if he would've asked a few more questions, he would've understood the magnitude of what he was doing.