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1991., Franklin Watts Call No: 973.926 LAW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Twentieth century American history bookSummary Note: Describes how extremist groups and governments have resorted to hostage taking in recent years, and shows how both the Carter and Reagan administrations have dealt with such crises.
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2006., Grove Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West Call No: 955.05 42 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A chronicle of the Iran hostage crisis, America's first battle with militant Islam. On November 4, 1979, a group of radical Islamist students, inspired by the revolutionary Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini, stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran. They took 52 Americans hostage, and kept nearly all of them hostage for 444 days. Journalist Bowden tells the story through the eyes of the hostages, the soldiers sent to free them, their radical captors, and the diplomats working to end the crisis. Bowden takes us inside the hostages' cells and inside the Oval Office for meetings with President Carter and his exhausted team. We travel to international capitals where shadowy figures held clandestine negotiations, and to the deserts of Iran, where a courageous, desperate attempt to rescue the hostages exploded into tragic failure.--From publisher description.
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By Sick, Gary1991., Random House Call No: 973.926 SIC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The book reconstructs the story of how the 1980 Reagan-Bush campaign made clandestine overtures to Iran and arranged illegal arms shipments through Israel to delay the release of hostages until after the election.
