Guests of the Ayatollah the first battle in America's war with militant Islam

Bowden, Mark 1951- (Author). Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm) (Added Author).

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)
Physical Description: electronic
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Publisher: [New York] : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2006.

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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.