Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam - Paperback
by David Farber
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Availability:In StockContributor:David FarberSeries:Politics and Society in Modern America #45Publish date:2006-08-13Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691127590ISBN-10:069112759XUPC:9780691127590Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Middle East, International RelationsBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.20 x 6.08 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCDD5FHAC5
Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam
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...
Series: Politics and Society in Modern America #45
Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691127590ISBN-10:069112759XUPC:9780691127590Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Middle East, International RelationsBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.20 x 6.08 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCDD5FHAC5
David Farber is Professor of History at Temple University, specializing in twentieth-century American history. His most recent book is Sloan Rules: Alfred P. Sloan and the Triumph of General Motors.
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