Taken hostage : the Iran hostage crisis and America's first encounter with radical Islam

Author/Creator:

Farber, David, 1956-

Publication/Creation:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2005]

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Taken hostage : the Iran hostage crisis and America's first encounter with radical Islam / David Farber

Series Titles:

Politics and society in twentieth-century America
Politics and society in twentieth-century America.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981
Islam and politics--Iran
United States--Foreign relations--Iran
Iran--Foreign relations--United States
United States--Foreign relations--1977-1981

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Crisis, chaos, and Jimmy Carter -- The Shah, Khomeini, and the "Great Satan" -- Takeover in Tehran -- Shaslik Nerg Bessawari Azerbaiyan or "The red blindfold would be lovely" -- 444 days.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (viii, 212 pages.) :.

Local Note:

Available to current Emory University students, faculty and staff.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937199197402486

ISBN:

9781400826209 (electronic bk.)
1400826209 (electronic bk.)

Other Identifiers:

Unspecified: 99808429282