On Wings of Eagles
The Inspiring True Story of One Man's Patriotic Spirit--and His Heroic Mission to Save His Countrymen
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · December 7, 2004
#1 bestselling author Ken Follett tells the inspiring true story of the Middle East hostage crisis that began in 1978, and of the unconventional means one American used to save his countrymen. . . .
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- Who it’s for
- A tense, true-story read with the propulsion of a performance.
- Genres
- Iranian History, Special Forces History, Military Lives
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, December 7, 2004
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#1 bestselling author Ken Follett tells the inspiring true story of the Middle East hostage crisis that began in 1978, and of the unconventional means one American used to save his countrymen. . . . When two of his employees were held hostage in a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran, one man took matters into his own hands: businessman H. Ross Perot.
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His team consisted of a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of his corporation, handpicked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. To free the imprisoned Americans, they would face incalculable odds on a mission that only true heroes would have dared. . . .
Mission Energy
A tense, true-story read with the propulsion of a performance.
Come here for
- patriotic urgency, carried like a thriller
- real-world mission tension with a staged, cinematic feel
Expect
- history with operational detail
- steady momentum over reflection
Where it sits
| Iranian History | 57% |
|---|---|
| Special Forces History | 33% |
| Military Lives | 22% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Iranian History
- 20th-Century America
- Political History & Ideas
- Authors
- Ken Follett
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- December 7, 2004
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Iranian History