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The siege : a six-day hostage crisis and the daring special-forces operation that shocked the world / Ben Macintyre.
Van Pelt Library UA659.S67 M335 2024
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection UA659.S67 M335 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Macintyre, Ben, 1963- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Army. Special Air Service.
- Great Britain.
- Iranian Embassy Siege, London, England, 1980.
- Iran. Safārat (Great Britain)--Siege, 1980.
- Iran.
- Special forces (Military science)--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Special forces (Military science).
- Terrorism--England--London--History--20th century.
- Terrorism.
- Genre:
- Informational works.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 365 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First US edition.
- Other Title:
- Six-day hostage crisis and the daring special-forces operation that shocked the world
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crown Publishing, [2024]
- Summary:
- "A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue attempts of our time-From true-life espionage master and New York Times bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat and The Spy and the Traitor Ben Macintyre"-- Provided by publisher.
- "A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue attempts of our time--from true-life espionage master and New York Times bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat and The Spy and the Traitor Ben Macintyre"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Maps and floor plans
- Preface
- Day one: Wednesday. 16 Princes Gate
- The group of the martyr
- Cobra
- Grapplers
- Revolutionary Guard
- Day two: Thursday. Eavesdroppers
- Cramer's gambit
- Twenty-five hamburgers
- Operation Nimrod
- Day three: Friday. Stockholm syndrome
- One woman and her dog
- This is not a drill
- Day four: Saturday. One thousand and one nights
- Day five: Sunday. Snooker
- Writing on the wall
- Day six: Monday. Yellow-card rule
- Six days
- One hour
- Eleven minutes
- Aftermath
- Selected dramatis personae
- Acknowledgments
- A note on sources
- Select bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-353) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Nichols fund bookplate.
- Other Format:
- Online version:
- Macintyre, Ben. Siege
- Online version: Macintyre, Ben. Siege
- ISBN:
- 9780593728093
- 0593728092
- OCLC:
- 1415748307
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