Guests of the Ayatollah, the first battle in America's war with militant Islam, Mark Bowden
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Guests of the Ayatollah, the first battle in America's war with militant Islam, Mark Bowden
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Guests of the Ayatollah
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
62738726
Responsibility statement
Mark Bowden
Sub title
the first battle in America's war with militant Islam
Summary
A chronicle of the Iran hostage crisis, America's first battle with militant Islam. On November 4, 1979, a group of radical Islamist students, inspired by the revolutionary Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini, stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran. They took 52 Americans hostage, and kept nearly all of them hostage for 444 days. Journalist Bowden tells the story through the eyes of the hostages, the soldiers in a new special forces unit sent to free them, their radical, naïve captors, and the diplomats working to end the crisis. Bowden takes us inside the hostages' cells and inside the Oval Office for meetings with President Carter and his exhausted team. We travel to international capitals where shadowy figures held clandestine negotiations, and to the deserts of Iran, where a courageous, desperate attempt to rescue the hostages exploded into tragic failure.--From publisher description
Table Of Contents
The "Set-In" -- Den of spies -- Waiting -- One hundred and thirty-two men -- Haggling with the barbarians
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Subject
- Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Personal narratives
- Diplomatic relations
- Chronologies
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran
- Radicalisme
- Verenigde Staten
- Iran
- Hostages -- Iran
- Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 -- Chronology
- Buitenlandse betrekkingen
- Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 -- Personal narratives
- Hostages
- Hostages -- Iran
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Search and rescue operations
- Armed Forces + Search and rescue operations
- United States
- 1979-1981
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran
- Gijzelingen
- Iran Hostage Crisis (1979-1981)
- Islamieten
- Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States
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- Classification4
- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject23
- Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Personal narratives
- Diplomatic relations
- Chronologies
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran
- Radicalisme
- Verenigde Staten
- Iran
- Hostages -- Iran
- Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 -- Chronology
- Buitenlandse betrekkingen
- Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 -- Personal narratives
- Hostages
- Hostages -- Iran
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Search and rescue operations
- Armed Forces + Search and rescue operations
- United States
- 1979-1981
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran
- Gijzelingen
- Iran Hostage Crisis (1979-1981)
- Islamieten
- Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Content1
- Other version1
- Mapped to1