Freeing the hostages : reexamining the U.S.-Iranian negotiations and Soviet policy, 1979-1981 /

On November 4, 1979, militant students and revolutionaries occupied the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking American diplomats hostage and demanding the end of contact with the United States and the extradition of the shah to Iran. The occupation lasted 444 days and galvanized the attention of the world...

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Pengarang Utama: Moses, Russell Leigh, 1959-
Format: Buku
Bahasa:English
Diterbitkan: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1996.
Siri:Pitt series in policy and institutional studies.
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Jadual Kandungan:
  • 1. To Algiers, with Ambivalence
  • 2. November to December 1979
  • 3. The Soviet Response to the Revolution in Iran and the Hostages
  • 4. Second Thoughts and Second Efforts
  • 5. Force in Lieu of a Formula: The Rescue Mission and the Soviet Union
  • 6. Finding a Way In to Find a Way Out
  • 7. The Formula and the Finish: September 1980 to January 1981
  • 8. An Evaluation and Some Conclusions
  • Postscript: The Mystery of the October Surprise.