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Books on: political hostage

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A Contemporary Crisis: Political Hostage-Taking and the Experience of Western Europe

Book by Clive C. Aston; Greenwood Press, 1982

Subjects:

Crisis Management In Government, Europe--Foreign Relations--1945-, Hostages, Hostages--Europe--History--20th Century, International Relations, Terrorism, Terrorism--Europe--History--20th Century

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...In this respect, political hostage incidents represent...the hostage toward the hostage-taker has been so...target and onto the hostage-taker. This phenomenon...hostage-taker. Third, political hostage incidents are...
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US Foreign Policy and the Iran Hostage Crisis

Book by David Patrick Houghton; Cambridge University Press, 2001

Subjects:

Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981, Iran--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--1977-1981--Decision Making, United States--Foreign Relations--Iran

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Irans ability to hold the hostages for so long is hard to square...that of Khomeini to throw his political weight behind the hostage takers a few days into the...realist analysis of the hostage crisis exists, and nor has...during the entirety of the hostage crisis was, according to...
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Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam

Book by David Farber; Princeton University Press, 2006

Subjects:

Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981, Iran--Foreign Relations--United States, Islam And Politics--Iran, United States--Foreign Relations--1977-1981, United States--Foreign Relations--Iran

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...simply considered hostage-taking whether of...inclined to see the hostages as individuals, not...not a particularly political person, explained his decision to pursue the hostage story in an oft-quoted...care about now are the hostages in Iran. 26 As he saw it, the hostage story had legs because...had subverted their political system, supported...
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Hostage: Terror and Triumph

Book by James F. Campbell; Greenwood Press, 1992

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Correctional Personnel--New York (State)--Mental Health, Hostages--New York (State)--Mental Health, Prison Riots--New York (State)

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may be victimized by crime, natural disasters or social and political conditions. Subcategories may include rape, burglary, fire, flood, or being held as a hostage or prisoner of war. The intensity of the experience may be affected...
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Hijacking and Hostages: Government Responses to Terrorism

Book by J. Paul De B. Taillon; Praeger, 2002

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Terrorism, Terrorism--History--20th Century

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...authorities were not concerned so much with the legal or political issues of the hostage-taking as with a situation where Tel Aviv is...Fraktion Red Army Faction . In this battle against political terrorism, Chancellor Helmut Schmidt was considered...

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Journal Articles on: political hostage

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The Persian Gulf Conflict and the Vanishing Hostages

Journal article by John S. Lawrence; Journal of American Culture, Vol. 17, 1994

Subjects:

Armed forces, Culture, Hostages, Persian Gulf War, Prisoners of war & missing in action

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...JOURNALISM OF THE CIVILIAN HOSTAGE During the 1980s, American hostages had usually been staged...cultivated with our civilian hostages. At the same time...itself perfectly to the hostage style of journalism...have lacked on purely political terms. The adapted civilian-hostage style of journalism...cover dedicated to hostages and feature article...
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Equal Protection Held Hostage: Ransoming the Constitutionality of the Hostage Taking Act

Journal article by Victor C. Romero; Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 91, 1997

Subjects:

Criminal law, Federal legislation, Hostages, Terrorism

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...Convention, the offense of "hostage-taking" requires that the offender seize or detain a hostage and threaten to kill, injure, or continue the hostages detention with the purpose...hostagetaker-be they pecuniary or political-or the identity of the hostage.26 While the Hostage Taking...
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"I Had Left One America and Come Home to Another One": First-person Accounts of Captivity during the Iranian Hostage Crisis

Journal article by Catherine Scott; The Journal of American Culture, Vol. 27, 2004

Subjects:

American history, Culture, Foreign policy, Hostages, Iran, Narratives, Revolutions

Collections: History, Literature, Entire Library

...pictures of blindfolded hostages with captions such...the release of the hostages, with the title...analyzing the Iranian hostage crisis. One role that...for subsequent "political and ideological manipulation...rescue," and the other hostages joined him (McFadden...footage throughout the hostage crisis. While Abouali...John Limbert, a political officer with bachelors...
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Taken Hostage: The Iranian Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam

Journal article by Russell Bohite; The Historian, Vol. 70, 2008

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Taken Hostage: The Iranian Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...understood the value of the hostage episode to his cause and kept...Farber tells the story of the hostage crisis exceedingly well...Presidents attempts to bring the hostages home while serving his own political fortunes. This is solid narrative...place the response to this hostage crisis within a larger historical...
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The Mind Taken Hostage: Antigone's Corporeal Memory in Mind the Gap

Journal article by Christel Stalpaert; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 41, 2008

Subjects:

Anouilh, Jean--Criticism and interpretation, Antigone (Anouilh, Jean) (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Freedom, Hostages, Liberty, Memory, Politics

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The Mind Taken Hostage: Antigones Corporeal Memory in Mind...to express artistic, religious, and political resistance. Avant-garde dramatists...Brecht staged Antigone to reawaken its political potential. But there is one peculiar...

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Magazine Articles on: political hostage

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Nominees to Federal Bench May Be Political Hostages

Magazine article by Lisa Leiter; Insight on the News, Vol. 11, September 4, 1995

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Clinton, Bill--Planning, Judges--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc., United States. Congress--Political activity

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Nominees to federal bench may be political hostages. by Lisa Leiter With a Republican-controlled Congress and a presidentialelection year only a few months away, the Senate may...
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Among the Hostage-Takers

Magazine article by Mark Bowden; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 294, December 2004

Subjects:

Diplomats--Crimes against, Hostage negotiations--International aspects, Hostage negotiations--Political aspects, Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981--History, Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981--Political aspects

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...Americans, the hostage crisis was an...ordeal for the hostages and their families...rescuers, and a political disaster for Jimmy...of the American hostages but ultimately...of economic, political, and social isolation...assessment: "Hostage-taking is not...tow, urging the hostages to describe their...Another former hostage, Michael Metrinko...of the embassys political officers, summed...
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Can We Trust Our Rulers Ever to Tell the Truth? It Was the Great Lie of the First Gulf War: That Flight BA 149 to Kuwait City, from Which Civilians Were Taken Hostage, Had Landed before the Iraqi Invasion

Magazine article by Stephen Davis; New Statesman, Vol. 132, July 28, 2003

Subjects:

Airlines--Cases, Airlines--Moral and ethical aspects, British Airways PLC--Cases, British Airways PLC--Moral and ethical aspects, Hostages--Cases, Hostages--Political aspects, Hussein, Saddam--Political activity, Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991--Moral and ethical aspects, Iraq-Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991--Political aspects, Thatcher, Margaret--Moral and ethical aspects, Thatcher, Margaret--Political activity

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...City, from which civilians were taken hostage, had landed before the Iraqi invasion...invasion. These passengers were taken hostage by the Iraqis and were soon to join...patted on the head by Saddam when the hostages were paraded on television. MPs wanted...evacuated. All of them would be taken hostage by the Iraqis--except for the men...other passengers saw them again. The hostages were held for up to three months...
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Drugs, Guns and Money: Colombian Rebels Provoke Hostage Crisis

Magazine article by Henry Mance; New Internationalist, November 2007

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Hostage negotiations--International aspects, Hostage negotiations--Political aspects, Kidnapping--Control, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia--Political activity

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...the countrys 3,000-plus hostages. Since the murder in June...guerrillas (who hold most of the hostages) have reached fever pitch...intervened as mediators, and one hostages father has set up camp in...order even to discuss the hostage exchange, the FARC has demanded...Surely the group must have a political agenda? The FARC was founded...
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Peru's Global Hostages

Magazine article; The Nation, Vol. 264, January 13, 1997

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Hostages--Peru, Peru--Political aspects, Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (Peru)--Political activity

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Perus Global Hostages. For millions of impoverished...staged their mass seizure of hostages on the birthday of Japanese...guerrillas, demands to free political prisoners, the M.R.T...important to condemn deeds like hostage-taking, it is also paramount...that has helped run up Perus political death toll over the last...

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Newspaper Articles on: political hostage

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Political Hostages

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), August 23, 2009

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Hostages--Political activity, Hostages--Political aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Political Hostages. Byline: The Register-Guard Sam Brownbacks self-sponsored Internet...But that question should be decided on its merits, not through a political game in which senators from states under consideration play parliamentary...
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I've Taken the State Hostage; Axe Killer's Incredible Radio Boast in His Campaign to Win the Vote for Prisoners

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 9, 2011

Subjects:

Hirst, John--Political activity, Hostages--Political aspects, Prisoners--Political aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Ive Taken the State Hostage; Axe Killers Incredible Radio...Prisoners. Byline: Jason Groves Political Correspondent AN axe killer...said he had taken Parliament hostage and was on the verge of forcing...state and I have taken them all hostage. So they have got to now wave...
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I've Taken the State Hostage; Axe Killer's Incredible Radio Boast in His Campaign to Win the Vote for Prisoners

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 9, 2011

Subjects:

Hirst, John--Political activity, Hostages--Political aspects, Prisoners--Political aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Ive Taken the State Hostage; Axe Killers Incredible Radio...Prisoners. Byline: Jason Groves Political Correspondent AN axe killer...said he had taken Parliament hostage and was on the verge of forcing...Hirst was interviewed by political station Tory Radio. Two inmates...
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Unions First, Troops Last; Democrats Hold War Funding Hostage for Big Labor

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), July 9, 2010

Subjects:

Defense spending--Government finance, Defense spending--Laws, regulations and rules, Defense spending--Political aspects, Hostages--Government finance, Hostages--Laws, regulations and rules, Hostages--Political activity, Hostages--Political aspects, Labor unions--Government finance, Labor unions--Laws, regulations and rules, Labor unions--Political aspects, Political parties--Government finance, Political parties--Laws, regulations and rules, Soldiers--Government finance, Soldiers--Laws, regulations and rules, Soldiers--Political activity, Soldiers--Political aspects

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Unions First, Troops Last; Democrats Hold War Funding Hostage for Big Labor. Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Funding for troops in Afghanistan and Iraq could be held up by the war brewing on...
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Senate Democrats Hold Seniors Hostage; Lawmakers Jeopardize Retirement Checks to Force Up Debt Ceiling

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), March 7, 2011

Subjects:

DeMint, Jim--Political activity, Fiscal policy--Political aspects, Hostages--Political aspects, Legislators--Political aspects, Political fund raising, Political parties, Social security--Political aspects, Toomey, Patrick J.--Political activity, Vitter, David--Political activity

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Senate Democrats Hold Seniors Hostage; Lawmakers Jeopardize Retirement Checks...Security as leverage to hold seniors hostage and feed the liberal addiction to higher...eliminate their ability to hold seniors hostage whenever Congress thinks about cutting...Democrats loose to release the senior hostages and free Congress to get about the business...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: political hostage

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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...U.S. embassy in Iran, taking 66 hostages. The Iran hostage crisis destroyed Carters credibility...only worsened the situation. (The hostages were only released on Jan. 20, 1981, the day Carter left office.) With the hostage crisis omnipresent in the media and...
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Iran

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...reluctant to use oil as a political weapon, did not participate...Tehran, taking 52 American hostages. Khomeini refused all appeals...attempt (Apr., 1980). The hostage crisis lasted 444 days and...securing the release of American hostages being held in Lebanon, because Iran had political connections with Shiite terrorists...
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Pakistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...cabinet crises, and widespread political corruption. The Ayub Khan...war and the exchange of hostage populations in India, Pakistan...of ordering the murder of political opponents, was hanged in...which gave a key role in political decision-making to the heads...
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Bangladesh

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...five-year terms. The major political parties are the Bangladesh...increased economic benefits and political reforms proved unsuccessful...Yahya Khan , hoping to avert a political confrontation between East...of war and the exchange of hostage populations. Bangladesh was...
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Iraq

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Nuri al-Said dissolved all political parties in 1954, and a new...population yet were excluded from political power. As the Islamic Revolution...Iraq and Kuwait were held hostage but released after a few months...converting his movement into a political force. Also in August, a...

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