# The Death of Ben Linder

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- Book: [The Death of Ben Linder](https://www.bookquiver.com/joan-kruckewitt/the-death-of-ben-linder) ([The Death of Ben Linder.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/joan-kruckewitt/the-death-of-ben-linder.md))
- Authors: [Joan Kruckewitt](https://www.bookquiver.com/joan-kruckewitt)
- Publisher: seven_stories_press
- ISBN: 978-15-8322-068-9
- Pages: 400
- Published: 2001-08-07
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In 1987, the death of Ben Linder, the first American killed by President Reagan's " freedom fighters" -- the U. S.-backed Nicaraguan Contras -- ignited a firestorm of protest and debate. In this landmark...