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Guests of the Ayatollah the first battle in America's war with militant Islam  Cover Image E-audiobook E-audiobook

Guests of the Ayatollah [electronic resource] : the first battle in America's war with militant Islam / Mark Bowden.

Summary:

On November 4, 1979, a group of radical Islamist students, inspired by revolutionary Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini, stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran. They took fifty-two Americans hostage and kept nearly all of them captive 444 days. The Iran hostage crisis was a watershed moment in American history. It was America's first showdown with Islamic fundamentalism, a confrontation at the forefront of American policy to this day.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780743592000 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
  • ISBN: 074359200X (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
  • Publisher: [New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Downloadable audio file.
Title from: Title details screen.
Abridged.
Duration: 9:58:12.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by the author.
System Details Note:
Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 143311 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 > Chronology.
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 > Personal narratives.
Hostages > Iran.
United States > Foreign relations > Iran.
Iran > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Armed Forces > Search and rescue operations.
Genre: Audiobooks.


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