Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam (Politics and Society in Modern America, 45) Trade paperback - 2006
by David Farber
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- Title Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam (Politics and Society in Modern America, 45)
- Author David Farber
- Binding Trade Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, U.S.A.
- Date August 2006
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 51514
- ISBN 9780691127590 / 069112759X
- Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 9.2 x 6.08 x 0.65 in (23.37 x 15.44 x 1.65 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Dewey Decimal Code 955.054
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"Farber has produced a succinct and authoritative book on the hostage crisis that is well researched, engagingly written, and persuasive in its conclusions. What's more, it's a real page turner. The book includes numerous fascinating vignettes, including the story behind the story of why Americans displayed yellow ribbons to seek the hostages' safe return. A truly first-rate work."--Fredrik Logevall, University of California, Santa Barbara
