Title:
Our man in Tehran : the true story behind the secret mission to save six Americans during the Iran Hostage Crisis and the foreign ambassador who worked with the CIA to bring them home / Robert Wright.
ISBN:
9781590514139
Personal Author:
Edition:
Other Press edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Other Press, 2011.
Physical Description:
xxvi, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
"First published in Canada in 2010 by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd"--T.p. verso.
Summary:
In November 1979, the American embassy in Tehran was invaded by a group of radical students who took 54 workers hostage. However, six diplomats secretly escaped. Here, author Robert Wright chronicles the escapees' harrowing ordeal and the men and women who were working undercover in Tehran to bring the hostage crisis to an end.
Personal Subject:
OCLC Number:
ocn609529990
Availability:
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