The Crisis - The President, The Prophet and the Shah; 1979 and the Rise of Militant Islam by David Harris

The Crisis - The President, The Prophet and the Shah; 1979 and the Rise of Militant Islam

David Harris

463 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction informative slow-paced
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A quarter century ago, a group of Iranian students swept into the United States embassy in Tehran, overpowering the Americans there and taking them hostage. The crisis that ensued would last for 444 days. It would define the Carter presidency and ...

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