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Taken Hostage The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam

Hardcover • 2005 • English

Taken Hostage The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam

By David R. Farber

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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, an affair that captivated the American public for 444 days and marked America's first confrontation with the forces of radical Islam. Using hundreds of recently declassified government documents, historian David Farber takes the first in-depth look at the hostage crisis, examining its lessons for America's contemporary War on Terrorism. Un...Show more

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9780691119168

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published year

2005

Language

English

Original title

Taken Hostage The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam

Format

Hardcover

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