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. Usin...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[2005]
|
| Series: | Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |