Guests of the Ayatollah

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Guests of the Ayatollah is a nonfiction book by journalist Mark Bowden that provides a detailed narrative account of the 1979–1981 Iran hostage crisis.

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instanceOf history book
nonfiction book
author Mark Bowden NERFINISHED
chroniclesDuration 444 days
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
describesEvent captivity of American hostages in Iran
failed U.S. rescue mission Operation Eagle Claw
seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran
exploresTheme American foreign policy
hostage-taking
international conflict
political Islam
revolution
focusesOn American diplomats NERFINISHED
Iranian student militants
U.S. Marines NERFINISHED
U.S. government officials
genre history
nonfiction
political history
hasISBN 9780871139252
hasNotableRecognition critical acclaim
hasPageCount around 680
isAbout Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini NERFINISHED
Jimmy Carter administration NERFINISHED
U.S. Embassy in Tehran NERFINISHED
language English
mainSubject Iran hostage crisis NERFINISHED
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
narrativeStyle journalistic
narrative nonfiction
originalTitle Guests of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America’s War with Militant Islam NERFINISHED
placeOfNarrative Iran NERFINISHED
Tehran NERFINISHED
publicationDate 2006
publisher Atlantic Monthly Press NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 1979
1980
1981
timeToRead long-form
topic Islamic Revolution NERFINISHED
United States–Iran relations NERFINISHED
diplomacy
terrorism

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Mark Bowden notableWork Guests of the Ayatollah