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The siege : a six-day hostage crisis and the daring special-forces operation that shocked the world /

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Crown Publishing, [2024]Copyright date: �2024Edition: First US editionDescription: xxviii, 365 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780593728093
  • 0593728092
Other title:
  • Six-day hostage crisis and the daring special-forces operation that shocked the world
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: SiegeDDC classification:
  • 356.1670941 23/eng/20240530
LOC classification:
  • UA659.S67 M335 2024
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.
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"--
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 356.167 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000600746

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-353) and index.

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.

"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"--

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