Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America’s War with Militant Islam

Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America’s War with Militant Islam

On 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 hostage, and kept nearly all of them hostage for 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. It was also a powerful dramatic story that captivated the American people. Communities across the country launched yellow ribbon campaigns. ABC began a new late-night television news program—which would become Nightline—recapping the latest events in the crisis, and counting up the days of captivity. The hostages’ families became celebrities, and the never-ending criticism of the government’s response crippled Jimmy Carter’s reelection campaign. In the end, the crisis changed the way Americans see themselves, their country, and the rest of the w...
Author: Bowden Mark
ISBN: 9780802143037
Year of publication: 2006
Genre: Documentary: other
Number of pages: 814
Reading time: 13 h. 34 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
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