Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam

Guests of the Ayatollah by Mark Bowden is a narrative history of the 1979 to 1981 Iran hostage crisis, when militant students seized the United States embassy in Tehran and held American diplomats and staff captive for 444 days. Bowden, known for jou...

Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
Mark Bowden
Guests of the Ayatollah by Mark Bowden is a narrative history of the 1979 to 1981 Iran hostage crisis, when militant students seized the United States embassy in Tehran and held American diplomats and staff captive for 444 days. Bowden, known for jou...

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