The siege : the remarkable story of the greatest SAS hostage drama
Macintyre, Ben, 1963-2024
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On April 30, 1980, six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate, overlooking Hyde Park in London. There they took twenty-six hostages, including embassy staff, visitors, and several British citizens. A tense six-day siege ensued, in which police negotiators and psychiatrists sought a bloodless end to the standoff, while the SAS - hitherto an organisation shrouded in secrecy - laid plans for a daring rescue mission: Operation Nimrod. The siege marked a fundamental turning point in global history. Middle Eastern terrorism was arriving in the West, and while war between Iran and Iraq would begin in a matter of months, it was in Number 16 Princes Gate that the opening battle was fought. Britain had experienced IRA terrorism before, but never an international incident on this scale. Drawing on unpublished source material, exclusive interviews with the SAS, and testimony from witnesses - including hostages, negotiators, intelligence officers and the on-site psychiatrist - bestselling historian Ben Macintyre takes readers on a gripping journey, moving from the years and weeks of build-up on both sides, to the minute-by-minute account of the siege and its dramatic ending.
Main title:
The siege : the remarkable story of the greatest SAS hostage drama / Ben Macintyre.
Author:
Macintyre, Ben, 1963-, author
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Viking, 2024.
Collation:
xxii, 376 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Illustrations on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780241675670 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2703830
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