Examines the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-81--during which over fifty Americans were held captive by Iranian militants for 444 days--and the events that led to it, comparing America's actions in the Middle East in the 1970s and early 1980s with its actions there in the early twenty-first century.
year: 2005
call number/section: 955.05
subjects: iran hostage crisis, 1979-1981, islam and politics, iran, islam, political science, united states, foreign relations, iran, iran, united states, 1977-1981