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NOTES

Chapter 1: Welcome to the Revolution

11: The final straw for the Eisenhower administration: Eisenhower, Mandate for Change, p. 163.

12: Upon meeting him, the shah famously said: Roosevelt, Countercoup, p. 199.

14: Even the U.S. Amba.s.sador to Iran at the time: Sick, All Fall Down, p. 94.

15: Ironically, the shah was said to be somewhat nervous: Ibid., p. 25.

15: President Carter visited Iran and rea.s.sured: Carter, Keeping Faith, p. 437.

16: In a breakfast meeting at the White House: Ibid., p. 455.

17: As Graves stood by the window: John Graves interviewed by Wells, 444 Days, p. 39.

18: To complicate matters, the militants had chosen to launch: Bowden, Guests of the Ayatollah, p. 8.

18: It seemed as if the students were just going: Bill Belk interviewed by Wells, 444 Days, pp. 4041.

19: The plan was to occupy the emba.s.sy for three days: Bowden, Guests of the Ayatollah, p. 14.

19: One lay down in one of the offices on his belly: Bill Belk interviewed by Wells, 444 Days, p. 40.

20: The last thing Laingen told Golacinski before signing off: Laingen, Yellow Ribbon, p. 13.

20: Don Hohman, an army medic: Don Hohman interviewed by Wells, 444 Days, pp. 4647.

20: the militants had found the structure's one weak spot: Bill Belk interviewed by Wells, ibid., p. 53.

21: Golacinski then asked Laingen over the radio if he could go outside: Bowden, Guests of the Ayatollah, p. 42.

21: The order to do so had been slow in coming from Laingen: Cort Barnes interviewed by Wells, 444 Days, p. 48.

21: Besides housing the communications equipment: Daugherty, In the Shadow of the Ayatollah, p. 108.

22: Someone waved a burning magazine in front of his face: Mark Bowden, Guests of the Ayatollah, p. 58.

22: Golacinski shouted through the metal door: Ibid., p. 58.

22: John Limbert, a political officer who spoke fluent Farsi: John Limbert interviewed by Wells, 444 Days, pp. 6667.

23: Carter was "deeply disturbed but reasonably confident": Carter, Keeping Faith, p. 457.

Chapter 3: Diplomacy

46: Then, on November 12, he cut off: Sick, All Fall Down, pp. 26667.

46: In a speech given before a roaring crowd of supporters: Jordan, Crisis, p. 54.

48: One local radio station in Ohio: Bowden, Guests of the Ayatollah, p. 210.

48: At another radio station in the Midwest: Ibid., p. 243.

48: Throughout the interview, Wallace: Ibid., p 200.

49: In a fit of frustration, Carter told his press secretary: Ibid., p. 139.

49: The imam was reported to have told the emissary: Sick, All Fall Down, p. 263.

50: Early on the militants were convinced: Bowden, Guests of the Ayatollah, p. 246.

50: For instance, when NBC aired the Gallegos interview: Ibid., p. 246.

51: They seemed eager to believe any conspiracy theory: Sick, All Fall Down, p. 38; Bowden, Guests of the Ayatollah, p. 159.