The US-backed Contra War & the Rise of Private Military Companies

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We explore how a war-hungry faction in the Reagan administration called “the cowboys” secretly funded white supremacist mercenaries to fight leftists in Nicaragua. And though they got caught, pretty much everyone involved in the outrageous affair was let off the hook, with consequences for people all over the world to this day.

Today's story comes from "Bring the War Home" by Kathleen Belew; "The End of the Myth" and the updated, expanded version of "Empire’s Workshop" by Greg Grandin; and "Landslide" by Jane Mayer and Doyle McManus.

Learn more here: https://skippedhistory.substack.com/p/how-the-us-began-funding-white-supremacist