{"product_id":"guests-of-the-ayatollah-the-iran-hostage-crisis-the-first-battle-in-americas-war-with-militant-islam-paperback","title":"Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Bowden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Hawk Down\u003c\/i\u003e, the definitive account of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis and America's first battle with militant Islam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 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 fifty-two Americans captive, and kept nearly all of them hostage for 444 days. In \u003ci\u003eGuests of the Ayatollah\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Bowden tells this sweeping story through the eyes of the hostages, the soldiers in a new special forces unit sent to free them, their radical, naïve captors, and the diplomats working to end the crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBowden 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. Bowden dedicated five years to this research, including numerous trips to Iran and countless interviews with those involved on both sides. \u003ci\u003eGuests of the Ayatollah\u003c\/i\u003e is a detailed, brilliantly re-created, and suspenseful account of a crisis that gripped and ultimately changed the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Bowden\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of fifteen books, including the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eBlack Hawk Down\u003c\/i\u003e. He reported at the \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e for twenty years and now writes for the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic \u003c\/i\u003eand other magazines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 704\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 13, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45762353561797,"sku":"9780802143037","price":29.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/1ciyt1mblE9780802143037.webp?v=1781297004","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/guests-of-the-ayatollah-the-iran-hostage-crisis-the-first-battle-in-americas-war-with-militant-islam-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}