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100 1 _aMacintyre, Ben,
_d1963-
_eauthor.
_1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJh4wGrjhD8RKWCkxVjgrq
_9140851
245 1 4 _aThe siege :
_ba six-day hostage crisis and the daring special-forces operation that shocked the world /
246 3 0 _aSix-day hostage crisis and the daring special-forces operation that shocked the world
250 _aFirst US edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bCrown Publishing,
_c[2024]
264 4 _c�2024
300 _axxviii, 365 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (some color), maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_bsti
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337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 351-353) and index.
505 0 _aMaps 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.
520 _a"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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
610 1 0 _aGreat Britain.
_bArmy.
_bSpecial Air Service.
_9140852
610 1 0 _aIran.
_bSaf�arat (Great Britain)
_ySiege, 1980.
_9140853
650 0 _aIranian embassy siege, London, England, 1980.
_9140854
650 0 _aSpecial forces (Military science)
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_928598
650 0 _aTerrorism
_zEngland
_zLondon
_xHistory
_y20th century.
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655 7 _aInformational works.
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655 7 _aBiographies.
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655 7 _aDocuments d'information.
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655 7 _aBiographies.
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776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aMacintyre, Ben.
_tSiege
_bFirst edition.
_dNew York : Crown Publishing, [2024]
_z9780593728109
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