Taken Hostage:
The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam
David Farber

Paper | 2006 | $16.95 / £9.95
224 pp. | 6 x 9

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Video interview with David Farber

Clip 1. What motivated you to write this book? (1:24) QuickTime: Dial-up | Broadband    WindowsMedia: Dial-up | Broadband

Clip 2. What led to the hostage taking in 1979? (:53) QuickTime: Dial-up | Broadband    WindowsMedia: Dial-up | Broadband

Clip 3. How did the Iranian hostage crisis play out? (1:54) QuickTime: Dial-up | Broadband    WindowsMedia: Dial-up | Broadband

Clip 4. What was the origin of the "Yellow Ribbon"? (1:25) QuickTime: Dial-up | Broadband    WindowsMedia: Dial-up | Broadband

Clip 5. What was America's prior history with the Iranians? (2:34) QuickTime: Dial-up | Broadband    WindowsMedia: Dial-up | Broadband

Clip 6. What parallels do you see between Iran then and Iraq today? (3:15) QuickTime: Dial-up | Broadband    WindowsMedia: Dial-up | Broadband

Entire interview in one file (12:15) QuickTime: Dial-up | Broadband    WindowsMedia: Dial-up | Broadband

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