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Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam - Politics and Society in Modern America
David Farber
Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam - Politics and Society in Modern America
David Farber
On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran and took sixty-six Americans captive. Thus began the Iran Hostage Crisis. This book takes a look at the hostage crisis, examining its lessons for America's contemporary War on Terrorism. It includes fresh insights regarding the central players in the crisis.
224 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | August 13, 2006 |
ISBN13 | 9780691127590 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 224 |
Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 16 mm · 354 g |
Language | English |