Add this copy of The Ayatollah in the Cathedral to cart. $75.00, very good condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Hill and Wang.
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Very good in very good jacket. 22 cm. ix, [3], 241, [3] pages. Inscribed by the author on fep. With an Afterword by Louisa Kennedy. In 1979, Moorhead C. Kennedy Jr., who was born and raised in New York City, was the acting head of the United States Embassy's economic section in Iran when took hostages, 52 of whom they held for 14 months. Mr. Kennedy became one of the best-known of the captives. His wife, Louisa Kennedy, was a spokeswoman for their families. After the hostages were released in 1981, he left his 20-year State Department career to direct the Cathedral Peace Institute, a group dealing with religion and foreign policy. His 1986 book, ''The Ayatollah in the Cathedral, '' contended that many nuclear freeze proponents were as intolerant of dissent as any Iranian ideologue. His later ventures included the Moorhead Kennedy Institute, which offered training in subjects like cultural diversity. The author describes his experiences as an American held hostage in Iran. The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States. Fifty two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979, to January 20, 1981 after a group of Iranian students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. It stands as the longest hostage crisis in recorded history. President Jimmy Carter called the hostages "victims of terrorism and anarchy" and said, "The United States will not yield to blackmail." In Iran, it was widely seen as a blow against the United States and its influence in Iran, including its perceived attempts to undermine the Iranian Revolution and its longstanding support of the recently overthrown Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The crisis is considered a pivotal episode in the history of Iran-United States relations. The crisis reached a climax in early 1980 after diplomatic negotiations failed to win the release of the hostages. Carter ordered the U.S. military to attempt a rescue mission-Operation Eagle Claw-using warships that included USS Nimitz and USS Coral Sea, which were patrolling the waters near Iran. The failed attempt on April 24, 1980, resulted in the death of one Iranian civilian and the accidental deaths of eight American servicemen after one of the helicopters crashed into a transport aircraft. U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance resigned his position following the failure. In September 1980, Iraq invaded Iran, beginning the Iran-Iraq War. These events led the Iranian government to enter negotiations with the U.S., with Algeria acting as a mediator. Political analysts cited the standoff as a major factor in the continuing downfall of Carter's presidency and his landslide loss in the 1980 presidential election. The hostages were formally released into United States custody the day after the signing of the Algiers Accords, just minutes after American President Ronald Reagan was sworn into office. In Iran, the crisis strengthened the prestige of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and the political power of theocrats who opposed any normalization of relations with the West. The crisis also led to American economic sanctions against Iran, which further weakened ties between the two countries.
Add this copy of The Ayatollah in the Cathedral to cart. $78.75, good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Hill and Wang.
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VG/VG some dust to top of pages, light foxing spots on page edges not bad. Rose cloth spine and grey boards withgreyish pictorial dustjacket. ix, [5], 241 pp., A most interesting association and inscibed copy. Inscribed presentation from both the author and his wife (who wrote an Afterword) to kermit and Priscilla Roosevelt. Kermit's father was intimately involved with the CIA maneuver inside Iran that ultimately restored the Shah to power around 1953.
Add this copy of The Ayatollah in the Cathedral: Reflections of a to cart. $99.98, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Hill & Wang Pub.
