In contrast to Kenneth Pollack’s [*The Persian Puzzle*]([canonical-url:node/674]), which took me weeks to finish, I read *Taken Hostage* on a flight from California to New Hampshire. I bought it yesterday to keep me occupied on the flight and it fit the bill almost exactly. I finished about 20 minutes before landing.
*Taken Hostage* is the account of the 444-day Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979 – 1981. I had just turned eleven when the hostages were released, … Read the rest