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

Name: Taken Hostage The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam
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ISBN: 9780691127590

ISBN-10: 069112759X

ISBN-13: 9780691127590

Edition: 2004 (Annotated)

Authors: David Farber

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In 1979, Iranian militants stormed the U.S. embassy compound in Tehran & held captive 66 Americans for 444 days. David Farber examines the developing crisis & offers fresh insights to the principal actors, including the role of the press in elevating the fate of the hostages to a cause clbre.

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/13/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 7.44" wide x 9.17" long x 0.54" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

David Farber is a professor of history at Temple University. He has authored and edited many books in modern American history, including The Age of Great Dreams: America in the 1960s.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Crisis, Chaos, and Jimmy Carter



The Shah, Khomeini, and the ""Great Satan""



Takeover in Tehran



Shaslik Nerg Bessawari Azerbaiyan or ""The Red Blindfold Would Be Lovely""



444 Days


Epilogue


Notes


Index