The erosion of American democracy has a past, but one largely unexplored episode of that past is the Iran-Contra scandal of the 1980s. In detailing the damage it did to six norms of democracy, historian Alan McPherson breathes new relevance into that complex but consequential affair.

Speaker:
Alan McPherson, PhD.
Thomas J. Freaney, Jr. Professor of History
Department of History
Marvin Wachman Director
Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy (CENFAD)
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Sponsor: Center for the Humanities at Temple (CHAT)