Reagan administration controversies

The arms scandal about secret deal between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States in 1980s

1988 airliner shootdown

defunct American missile defense system (1984-1993)

former de facto President of Guatemala, army general, genocida and former president of Congress (1926-2018)

1983 conflict in Grenada involving US and Cuban led forces

The Contras (from ) were the anti-communist right-wing rebels who waged a guerrilla war against the Marxist Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and the Junta of National Reconstruction, which came to power after the Nicaraguan Revolution in 1979. The insurgency against the Sandinista government lasted from 1979 until 1990, and was one of the highest profile conflicts of the Cold War.

American politician (1917-2006)

Suicide bombing attack

American politician (1932-2020)

75th United States Attorney General (born 1931)

1981 mass casualty event perpetrated by the Salvadoran army

financial crisis of Savings and Loan Association failures

American Marine Corps officer and National Security Advisor (1937–2022)

legal case

joke made by President Reagan during the Cold War

United States Secretary of the Interior (1938-2023)

80s-90s advertising campaign, part of the U.S. War on Drugs

American government official (1922-2000)

American politician and attorney (1942-2004)

American political consultant (1938-2007)

American judge

against post-revolutionary Iran, included several billion dollars worth of assistance

1985 US Presidential visit to West Germany

purported chemical weapon

American political controversy

activities of the CIA

Journalist, political consultant and author