Parry, Robert 1949-

Overview

Works:	14 works in 25 publications in 2 languages and 539 library holdings
Genres:	History Biography Documentary television programs Nonfiction television programs Humor
Roles:	Author
Classifications:	E183.8.I55, 973.927

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by Robert Parry

Trick or treason : the October surprise mystery by Robert Parry( Book )

3 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 205 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

It is the most controversial mystery of the Reagan-Bush era: Did the Republican Party, desperate in 1980 to reclaim the White House, interfere with President Carter's frantic efforts to free the 52 American hostages held in Tehran and thwart an "October Surprise"? Was there a Republican-Iranian deal that bordered on treason? Or was this stunning allegation a bizarre trick played by a loose-knit band of arms brokers and intelligence operatives? For much of the 1980s, suspicions of Republican wrongdoing bubbled beneath the surface, only bursting into public view after the Iran-contra scandal exposed the secret policies and subterranean levels of Reagan-Bush operations. Almost ten years after the events, the Public Broadcasting System's Frontline documentary program asked award-winning investigative reporter Robert Parry to examine the accusations. Parry had been the first reporter to expose Oliver North's Iran-contra operations and had broken many of that scandal's chief stories. Over the next two and a half years, Parry pursued leads in a world-wide odyssey for an elusive - and sometimes dangerous - truth. From Washington to Tehran, from Paris to Jerusalem, from London to Tunis, it was a journey into a wilderness of mirrors where few could be trusted and nothing was as it seemed. The investigation was hampered, too, by a relentless assault from the White House and its powerful allies, who feared the story could destroy the legitimacy of 12 years of Republican rule. In the end, Parry the pursuer became Parry the pursued. But beyond the political mystery, this book lays bare an era during which deception evolved into a high art form and the nation's traditional constitutional safeguards were no match for the lies. And finally, it is up to you to judge: Was the October Surprise story a trick played on the media and the American public? Or was it treason committed at the highest levels of the U.S. political system, a historic perversion of American democracy?

Lost history : Contras, cocaine, the press & 'Project Truth' by Robert Parry( Book )

3 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 108 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Secrecy & privilege : rise of the Bush dynasty from Watergate to Iraq by Robert Parry( Book )

4 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 108 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tracing investigative leads back through three decades, Secrecy & Privilege explores the mystery of how the two George Bushes rose to the pinnacle of American political power -- and what the rise of their dynasty has meant to the nation's democratic principles. [book cover]

Neck deep : the disastrous presidency of George W. Bush by Robert Parry( Book )

2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 75 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Showdown in Haiti( Visual )

1 edition published in 1993 in English and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Interviewing military ruler Lt. General Raoul Cedras, exiled Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, U.S. officials, Haitian businessmen, and Aristide supporters, the program covers developments in Haiti up to the time of broadcast, setting events in historical context and examining what is at stake for President Clinton's foreign policy

The election held hostage( Visual )

2 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An investigation into how the Ronald Reagan campaign group may have tried to forge a secret deal for the release of the hostages held in Iran during the 1980 presidential campaign

The October surprise x-files : the hidden origins of the Reagan-Bush era by Robert Parry( Book )

1 edition published in 1996 in English and held by 7 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Investigating the October surprise( Visual )

2 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Did the 1980 presidential campaign conspire to delay the release of the Americans held hostage in Iran? This program studies this question by focusing on the whereabouts of William Casey during the summer of 1980, the identities of the Iranian emissary and broker, and on the possibilities of a Paris meeting

Lost history : contras, cocaine & other crimes by Robert Parry( Book )

1 edition published in 1997 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bakom kulisserna i Kiev : om hur amerikansk nykonservatism och ukrainsk nynazism drev fram en kupp och ett krig i Ukraina by Robert Parry( Book )

2 editions published in 2015 in Swedish and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

[Alternative radio audio recordings, 1996, January 9 to June 25]( Recording )

1 edition published in 1996 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Consortiumnews.com : independent investigative journalism since 1995( )

in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Features independent investigative reporting on topics of United States politics and government

Frontline( Visual )

1 edition published in 1991 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

An investigation into how the Ronald Reagan campaign group may have tried to forge a secret deal for the release of the hostages held in Iran during the 1980 presidential campaign

The art of investigative journalism by Robert Parry( Recording )

1 edition published in 1996 in English and held by 0 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

As newsrooms shrink and budgets are slashed fewer and fewer reporters do serious investigative journalism. Award-winning reporter Robert Parry is part of a vanishing breed. He broke the Iran/Contra scandal, the October Surprise and other major stories while at AP and Newsweek