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Chaos city / by Corrigan, Jim,author.(CARDINAL)671475; Hopgood, Kevin,illustrator.(CARDINAL)680810; ABDO Publishing Company.(CARDINAL)668085;

"Special operative Shade is working out of the US embassy in Tek City, Tekistan, when fighting erupts between rebel and Tek government troops. The Americans are trapped in this rebellion, unless Invisible Six can escort them to safety." -- Back cover.640L

Subjects: Fiction.; Special forces (Military science); Special operations (Military science); Embassy takeovers; Insurgency;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2

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Duplicity [sound recording] / by Gingrich, Newt,author.(CARDINAL)187306; Earley, Pete,author.(CARDINAL)351843; Fass, Robert,narrator.;

Read by Robert Fass.Only two Americans escape when Islamic militants lead a Benghazi-style attack on a newly-opened U.S. embassy in Somalia. Brooke Grant, the young commander of the Marine Corps Embassy Guards, and CIA Station Chief Gunter Connor, become their colleagues' best hope for rescue after U.S. troops are barred from entering Mogadishu because of civil unrest.

Subjects: Political fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Presidents; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Embassy takeovers; Hostages; Terrorists;

Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3

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Duplicity : a novel / by Gingrich, Newt,author.(CARDINAL)187306; Earley, Pete,author.(CARDINAL)351843;

"Leading politician and bestselling author Newt Gingrich has teamed with novelist Pete Earley to create a gripping thriller to which Gingrich brings his unparalleled understanding of Washington's corridors of power. The greatest nightmare for the free world today would be a Master Terrorist hiding somewhere, coordinating radical Islamic groups at the highest level around the globe. In DUPLICITY, this invisible hand overseeing havoc plays a major role in this ripped-from-the-headlines thriller. And of course, it's set during an American presidential election. When President Sally Allworth decides to reestablish America's Mogadishu embassy in Somalia before Election Day, her challenger says she's playing politics with American lives. That turns out to be true when the embassy is attacked and hostages are taken. Embassy station chief Gunter Connor and Marine Capt. Brooke Grant end up the unlikely survivors of this Benghazi-style attack. Suddenly, they are the only hope for saving their captured colleagues"--

Subjects: Political fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Diplomatic and consular service, American; Embassy takeovers; Hostages; Presidents; Terrorists;

Available copies: 22 / Total copies: 23

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Another time, another life : the story of a crime / by Persson, Leif G. W.(CARDINAL)341459; Norlén, Paul R.(CARDINAL)534622;

When a Swedish civil servant is murdered, the two leading detectives on the case, Anna Holt and Bo Jarnebring, find their investigation hastily shelved by an incompetent and corrupt senior investigator. Ten years later, Lars Johansson, having just joined the Swedish Security Police, decides to tie up a few loose ends left behind by his predecessor: specifically, two files on Swedes who had allegedly collaborated on the 1975 takeover of the West German embassy. Get This Item

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Palme, Olof, 1927-1986; Assassination; Murder; Terrorism investigation; Terrorism;

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7

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Our man in Tehran : the true story behind the secret mission to save six Americans during the Iran Hostage Crisis and the foreign ambassador who worked with the CIA to bring them home / by Wright, Robert A.(Robert Anthony),1960-(CARDINAL)682964;

Includes bibliographical references and filmography (pages 349-394) and index.Tehran -- The unlikely ambassador -- Revolution -- The downward spiral -- The overthrow of the Shah -- Ayatollah Khomeini in power -- Fateful decisions -- Hostages and Houseguests -- Marg bar Amrika! -- On the run -- Diplomatic maneuvers -- Coming in from the cold -- Walking laps in the ballroom -- Stalemate -- Intelligence -- This is war -- A close call -- Exfiltration -- The Canadian plan -- Passports and visas -- The flight of the houseguests -- Aftershocks -- Thanks, Canada -- Fallout -- Yellow ribbons -- Our man in New York.In November 1979, the American embassy in Tehran was invaded by a group of radical students who took 54 workers hostage. However, six diplomats secretly escaped. Here, author Robert Wright chronicles the escapees' harrowing ordeal and the men and women who were working undercover in Tehran to bring the hostage crisis to an end.The world watched with fear in November 1979, when Iranian students infiltrated the American embassy in Tehran. What began as a swift and seemingly short-lived takeover evolved into a crisis that would see fifty-four embassy personnel held hostage, most for 444 days. As Tehran exploded in a revolution, six American diplomats escaped. For three months, Ken Taylor, the Canadian ambassador to Iran, concealed them, always afraid that the revolutionary government would find out. Until now, the true story behind Taylor's involvement in the escape and the Eagle Claw commando raid has remained classified. This book takes us back to a major historical flashpoint and unfolds a story that brings a new understanding of the strained relationship between the Unites States and Iran.The author puts newly unclassified documents to use in recounting how Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor hid six Americans who had slipped out a side door and gathered intelligence for the U.S. government during the Iran Hostage Crisis.

Subjects: Biographies.; Taylor, Kenneth, 1934-; Ambassadors; Diplomatic and consular service, American; Diplomatic and consular service, Canadian; Diplomats; Escapes; Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.;

Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6

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