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Lives at Risk: Hostages and Victims in American Foreign Policy is the first book that provides the historical content needed to understand terrorism and Americas responses to terrorist acts. Historian Russell D. Buhite here examines key instances of hostage-taking throughout U.S. history, from the late eighteenth century to the 1980s, and shows how our policies have evolved and how previous experiences can help us deal with terrorist threats today. Professor Buhite begins this study with a discussion of the special problems that the United States has faced in dealing with hostage crises. The subsequent chapters then proceed chronologically through U.S. history, narrating major hostage incidents and tracing changes in Washingtons stance toward terrorists. Lives at Risk will appeal to teachers of courses in foreign policy, diplomatic history, general history, and political science.
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Lives At Risk : Hostages and Victims in American Foreign Policy
author
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Buhite, Russell D.
publisher
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Scholarly Resources, Inc.
isbn10 | asin
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0842025537
print isbn13
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9780842025539
ebook isbn13
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9780585196145
language
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English
subject
United States--Foreign relations, Hostages--Government policy--United States--History.
publication date
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1995
lcc
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E183.7.B84 1995eb
ddc
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327.73
subject
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United States--Foreign relations, Hostages--Government policy--United States--History.
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Lives at Risk
Hostages and Victims in American Foreign Policy
Russell D. Buhite
A Scholarly Resources Inc. Imprint Wilmington, Delaware
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for permanence of paper for printed library materials, Z39.48, 1984.
1995 by Scholarly Resources Inc. All rights reserved First published 1995 Printed and bound in the United States of America
Scholarly Resources Inc. 104 Greenhill Avenue Wilmington, DE 19805-1897
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Buhite, Russell D. Lives at risk : hostages and victims in American foreign policy / Russell D. Buhite. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8420-2552-9. ISBN 0-8420-2553-7 (pbk.) 1. United StatesForeign relations. 2. Hostages Government policyUnited StatesHistory. I. Title. E183.7.B84 1995 327.73dc20 95-5688 CIP
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For Gracie, who came first and took us all hostage
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Acknowledgments
I am deeply indebted to a number of individuals who have assisted in the completion of this study: James Harrell, my research assistant at the University of Oklahoma, helped to locate documents and secondary sources for me in the initial phase of the project. My administrative secretary in the History Department at Oklahoma, Martha Penisten, not only handled her official duties with incredible efficiency but also "processed" words and edited some of the early chapters. Gary Vaughan has served as my research assistant since my move to the University of Tennessee. He represents a model for his positionhe is intelligent, painstaking, mature, and professional in every respect. His contribution has been enormous. My former student, Mary Brennan, gave the manuscript a careful reading. Her years of experience in military intelligence and her eye for infelicitous phraseology and imperfect logic have made her a compelling critic.
I have also imposed on the friendship of professional colleagues to critique the work. Jonathan Utley, a longtime member of the faculty at Tennessee and a distinguished diplomatic historian, challenged me on nearly every page, to my great benefit, if not delight. David Levy, my collaborator on the publication of FDR's Fireside Chats and an outstanding teacher/scholar and editor nonpareil, offered insightful comments on both style and content. Richard Hopper of Scholarly Resources gently pressured me to expedite completion of the manuscript, then helped to shape it into the kind of book he wanted.
Finally, I wish to thank my wife Mary for her love and encouragement. Her support has been far greater than I can adequately convey.
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About the Author
Russell D. Buhite, a native of Pennsylvania, earned his Ph.D. at Michigan State University, where he worked with Paul A. Varg and Warren Cohen. His publications include Patrick J. Hurley and American Foreign Policy (1973); Soviet-American Relations in Asia, 19451954 (1982); and Decisions at Yalta: An Appraisal of Summit Diplomacy (1986), as well as numerous articles and essays on American foreign relations.
He is professor of history and head of the History Department at the University of Tennessee.
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Contents
Introduction Terrorism and American Foreign Relations
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Chapter 1 The Barbary Pirates: Terrorist Tormentors of the Early Republic
1
Chapter 2 A Question of Character: The Mailed Fist of the Nineteenth Century
21
Chapter 3 A Study in Contradiction: Theodore Roosevelt's Responses to Hostage Crises
57
Chapter 4 At Risk in War and Revolution: Bargaining with the Soviet Union
87
Chapter 5 Trial in Mukden: Hostages of the Chinese Communists
117
Chapter 6 The Pueblo Crisis: Hostages of North Korea
137
Chapter 7 Revolutionaries in Control: Hostages of Iran
161
Chapter 8 Dealing with Brigands and Believers: An Appraisal
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The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for permanence of paper for printed library materials, Z39.48, 1984.