Reagan and the Iran-Contra Affair: The Politics of Presidential Recovery

The Reagan administration promoted an interventionist foreign policy that created problems during
Iran-Contra and the centrality of damage-control efforts to the well-being of the modern presidency.

A Review of Presidential Scandals 1872 to 1992

Ironies in the Reagan Years

On January 28, 1986, the NASA shuttle orbiter mission and the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart

73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members, which consisted of five NASA astronauts and two payload specialists.