Added on 11/25/06
Nov. 4, 1979 dawned wet and chill on the streets of Tehran, Iran. Life would get much hotter before the day was out. The American embassy would be stormed by hundreds of students, and it would take 444 days before 52 of those captured inside saw...
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Nov. 4, 1979 dawned wet and chill on the streets of Tehran, Iran. Life would get much hotter before the day was out. The American embassy would be stormed by hundreds of students, and it would take 444 days before 52 of those captured inside saw freedom again. For them, and many of their countrymen, days went by slowly as the concept of Islamo-fascist terrorism was forcibly introduced upon the global stage. Mark Bowden's "Guests Of The Ayatollah" tells the present-day (2006) story of the Iran hostage crisis and its aftermath from several perspectives, including the hostages themselves, the hostage-takers, the soldiers sent to rescue them, and the U.S. president who was committed to the hostages' peaceful return, whatever the cost. Somewhat subjective and beholden upon the perspective of a tiny minority of the hostages, "Guests" is nevertheless very readable, addictive, and quite often maddening. What did the hostage-takers expect to accomplish? They said they wanted Iran's former... See less 
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