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050 _aE 183.8.I55
_b.B672 2006
100 _aBowden, Mark,
_d-1951
_9109737
245 0 _aGuests of the Ayatollah :
_bthe first battle in America's war with militant Islam /
_cMark Bowden.
260 _aNew York :
_bAtlantic Monthly Press
_c2006
300 _a680 p. :
_bill., maps
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [643]-656) and index.
520 _aBowden tells the sweeping story of the 1979 Tehran hostage situation through the eyes of the captives, the soldiers sent to free them, the radical, naive Islamist students, and the diplomats working to end the crisis. This is a remarkably detailed, brilliantly re-created, and suspenseful account of a crisis that gripped and ultimately changed the world. www.alibris.com
650 _aHostages
_941210
650 _aIran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981
_9109738
650 _aIran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981
_zIran.
_9109739
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