
Guests of the Ayatollah
The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
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Narrated by:
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Mark Bowden
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By:
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Mark Bowden
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, launched yellow-ribbon campaigns, made celebrities of the hostage's families, and crippled the reelection campaign of President Jimmy Carter.
Mark Bowden tells this sweeping story through the eyes of the hostages, their radical, naive captors, the soldiers sent on the impossible mission to free them, and the diplomats working to end the crisis. Taking listeners from the Oval Office to the hostages' cells, Guests of the Ayatollah is a remarkably detailed, brilliantly re-created, and suspenseful account of a crisis that gripped and ultimately changed the world.
Listen to an interview with Mark Bowden on Fresh Air.©2006 Mark Bowden (P)2006 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved. Audioworks is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio DivisionListeners also enjoyed...




















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Interesting details not previously understood.
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A wonderfully detailed account!
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At times thrilling
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Excellent read.
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Great Read
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Fun Read! Not Really, but I Learned a Lot.
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The author paints a well-researched view of the whole Iran Hostage Crisis, skillfully blending the parallel stories of the Iranian revolution, the American hostages, President Carter, and the (fascinating!) botched rescue attempt by Delta Force.
This was one of those real-life books that has you engaged as if it were fiction. Highly recommended, especially if you were like me, having always heard of the Iran Hostage Crisis but never knowing the actual details.
Fine as an abridged version!
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Bowden clarifies President Carter's successes and failures in relation to the hostage crises as well as debunks the GOP falsehood that President Reagan resolved the hostage situation. Carter, despite his bumbling foreign policy diplomacy, should be credited with finally resolving the crisis at the 11th hour (Inauguration Day 1980).
The reader will be surprised to learn that prior to the November 1979 embassy takeover, radical students unsuccessfully attempted a takeover the previous February. The handwriting was on the wall, similar to Benghazi, but our state department failed to act.
A must read for a deeper understanding of the origins of the current Islamic Revolution against Western powers and values.
1979 Iranian Hostage Takeover Clarified
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Another Great Read
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Very Well Done
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