“Investigative journalist and author Mark Bowden knows how to write books that strike a chord with modern readers. His latest may be his finest work yet.”
“Bowden, a skilled journalist and narrator, provides a perfectly timed examination of what happened twenty-seven years ago during the Iranian hostage crisis…. Bowden shines in describing the gallant madness of the failed rescue effort.”
“Bowden tells this compelling and fateful tale from all angles…. This is likely the closest we’ll get to a comprehensive and definitive account for some time. Bowden is especially good in recounting the paradoxical experience of the hostages…. Detailed, instructive, and heartbreaking.”
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Copyright © 2006 by Mark Bowden
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first paperback edition
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bowden, Mark, 1951–
Guests of the Ayatollah: the first battle in America’s war with militant Islam / by Mark Bowden
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-10: 0-8021-4303-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-8021-4303-7
1. United States—Foreign relations—Iran. 2. Iran—Foreign relations—United States. 3. Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979–1981—Chronology. 4. United States—Armed Forces—Search and rescue operations. 5. Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979–1981—Personal narratives. 6. Hostages—Iran. I. Title
E183.8.I55B68 2006955.05’42—dc22 2005058862
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