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100 1  Farber, David,|d1956- 
245 10 Taken hostage :|bthe Iran hostage crisis and America's 
       first encounter with radical Islam /|cDavid Farber. 
260    Princeton, NJ :|bPrinceton University Press,|c©2005. 
300    viii, 212 pages ;|c24 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Politics and society in twentieth-century America 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and 
       index. 
505 0  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. 
520    A behind-the-scenes examination of the Iran Hostage Crisis
       paints a portrait of the events leading up to the ordeal 
       as a means for understanding it, drawing parallels to the 
       current war on terrorism. 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. Using 
       hundreds of recently declassified government documents, 
       historian David Farber looks at the Hostage Crisis, 
       examining its lessons for America's contemporary war on 
       terrorism. Farber's narrative looks beyond the day-to-day 
       circumstances of the crisis, using the events leading up 
       to the ordeal as a means for understanding it. The book 
       paints a portrait of the 1970s in the United States as an 
       era of failed expectations in a nation plagued by 
       uncertainty and anxiety. It reveals an American government
       ill prepared for the fall of the Shah of Iran and unable 
       to reckon with the Ayatollah Khomeini and his militant 
       Islamic followers. Farber's account is filled with fresh 
       insights regarding the central players in the crisis: 
       Khomeini emerges as an astute strategist, single-mindedly 
       dedicated to creating an Islamic state. The Americans' 
       student-captors appear as less-than-organized youths, 
       having prepared for only a symbolic sit-in with just a 
       three-day supply of food. ABC news chief Roone Arledge, 
       newly installed and eager for ratings, is cited as a 
       critical catalyst in elevating the hostages to cause 
       célèbre status. Throughout the book there emerge eerie 
       parallels to the current terrorism crisis. Then as now, 
       Farber demonstrates, politicians failed to grasp the depth
       of anger that Islamic fundamentalists harbored toward the 
       United States, and Americans dismissed threats from 
       terrorist groups as the crusades of ineffectual madmen. 
       Taken Hostage provides a chilling reminder that the past 
       is only prologue. 
647  7 Iran Hostage Crisis|d(1979-1981)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00978765
648  4 Geschichte 1979-1981. 
648  7 1977-1981|2fast 
648  7 Geschichte 1979-1981.|2swd 
650  0 Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981. 
650  0 Islam and politics|zIran. 
650  7 15.85 history of America.|0(NL-LeOCL)07761190X|2bcl 
650  7 Diplomatic relations.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01907412 
650  7 Islam and politics.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00979879 
650  7 Außenpolitik|2gnd|0(DE-588)4003846-4 
650  7 Geiselnahme|2gnd|0(DE-588)4121329-4 
650  7 Islam|2gnd|0(DE-588)4027743-4 
650  7 Radikalismus|2gnd|0(DE-588)4048171-2 
651  0 United States|xForeign relations|zIran. 
651  0 Iran|xForeign relations|zUnited States. 
651  0 United States|xForeign relations|y1977-1981. 
650 17 Gijzelingen.|2gtt 
651  7 Iran.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204889 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
651  7 Iran|2gnd|0(DE-588)4027653-3 
651  7 Teheran|2gnd|0(DE-588)4059304-6 
651  7 United States|2gnd|0(DE-588)4078704-7 
830  0 Politics and society in twentieth-century America. 
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