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005			20251028093239.0
008			070726s2006 nyuab b 001 0 eng d
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050	1	4	_aE 183.8.I55 _bB68 2006b
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100	1		_aBowden, Mark, _d1951-
245	1	0	_aGuests of the ayatollah : _bthe first battle in America's war with militant Islam / _cMark Bowden.
260			_aNew York : _bGrove Press : _bdistributed by Publishers Group West, _c2006.
300			_a680 p. : _bill., maps ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [643]-656) and index.
505	0		_aThe "Set-In" -- Den of spies -- Waiting -- One hundred and thirty-two men -- Haggling with the barbarians.
520			_aA 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.
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zIran.
651		0	_aIran _xForeign relations _zUnited States.
650		0	_aIran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 _vChronology.
650		0	_aIran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 _vPersonal narratives.
651		0	_aUnited States _xArmed Forces _xSearch and rescue operations.
650		0	_aHostages _zIran.
651		7	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zIran. _2sears
651		7	_aIran _xForeign relations _zUnited States. _2sears
650		7	_aIran hostage crisis, 1979-1981 _vChronology. _2sears
650		7	_aRescue work _zIran. _2sears
650		7	_aIran hostage crisis, 1979-1981 _vPersonal narratives. _2sears
650		7	_aHostages _zIran. _2sears
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999			_c131985 _d131985