The Resource Guests of the Ayatollah : the first battle in America's war with militant Islam, Mark Bowden
Guests of the Ayatollah : the first battle in America's war with militant Islam, Mark Bowden
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (680 pages
- Contents
-
- The "Set-In"
- Den of spies
- Waiting
- One hundred and thirty-two men
- Haggling with the barbarians
- Label
- Guests of the Ayatollah : the first battle in America's war with militant Islam
- Title
- Guests of the Ayatollah
- Title remainder
- the first battle in America's war with militant Islam
- Statement of responsibility
- Mark Bowden
- Subject
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- Gijzelingen
- Islamieten
- Verenigde Staten
- Hostages -- Iran
- Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 -- Personal narratives
- United States -- Armed Forces | Search and rescue operations
- Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Radicalisme
- Iran
- Buitenlandse betrekkingen
- Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 -- Chronology
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bowden, Mark
- Dewey number
- 955.05/42
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- E183.8.I55
- LC item number
- B68 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- Iran
- Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981
- United States
- Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981
- Hostages
- Gijzelingen
- Islamieten
- Radicalisme
- Buitenlandse betrekkingen
- Iran
- Verenigde Staten
- Label
- Guests of the Ayatollah : the first battle in America's war with militant Islam, Mark Bowden
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- The "Set-In" -- Den of spies -- Waiting -- One hundred and thirty-two men -- Haggling with the barbarians
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (680 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1035091543
- Label
- Guests of the Ayatollah : the first battle in America's war with militant Islam, Mark Bowden
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- The "Set-In" -- Den of spies -- Waiting -- One hundred and thirty-two men -- Haggling with the barbarians
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (680 pages
- Form of item
- online
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1035091543
Subject
- Buitenlandse betrekkingen
- Gijzelingen
- Hostages -- Iran
- Iran
- Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 -- Chronology
- Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 -- Personal narratives
- Islamieten
- Radicalisme
- United States -- Armed Forces | Search and rescue operations
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran
- Verenigde Staten
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