Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Trofimov, Yaroslav |
| Publisher: | Anchor |
| Date: | 9/9/2008 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
In The Siege of Mecca, acclaimed journalist Yaroslav Trofimov pulls back the curtainon a thrilling, pivotal, and overlooked episode of modern history, examining itsrepercussions on the Middle East and the world.
On November 20, 1979, worldwideattention was focused on Tehran, where the Iranian hostage crisis was entering itsthird week. That same morning, gunmen stunned the world by seizing the Grand Mosquein Mecca, creating a siege that trapped 100,000 people and lasted two weeks, inflamingMuslim rage against the United States and causing hundreds of deaths. But in thedays before CNN and Al Jazeera, the press barely took notice. Trofimov interviewsfor the first time scores of direct participants in the siege, and draws upon hundredsof newly declassified documents. With the pacing, detail, and suspense of a real-lifethriller, The Siege of Mecca reveals the long-lasting aftereffects of the uprisingand its influence on the world today.
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