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Hostage

Hardcover • 2003 • English

Hostage: The History, Facts & Reasoning Behind Political Hostage Taking

By Griffiths, John C.

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About the book

Hostage is a highly topical study of the phenomenon of hostage taking, both historically and in the world today. It explores such areas as the history of hostage taking and how it has evolved, the seizing of hostages, the treatment of hostages and the relationship that develops between captor and captive, escapes and releases, negotiations, the trauma and subsequent long-term effects, and the response by the government and police to hostage-taking. Drawing on a large number of individual cases a...Show more

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ISBN

9780233000343

Publisher

André Deutsch

Published year

2003

Language

English

Original title

Hostage

Format

Hardcover

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