On Wings Of Eagles
The Eagles, a team of volunteers from the executive ranks of a US corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer, are sent to penetrate a heavily-guarded prison fortress in Iran, and free the Americans imprisoned there - against terrible odds of success and survival.
The Eagles, a team of volunteers from the executive ranks of a US corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer, are sent to penetrate a heavily-guarded prison fortress in Iran, and free the Americans imprisoned there - against terrible odds of success and survival.
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ISBN:
9780330354516 (0330354515)
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
History,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
War,
Military,
Politics,
American History,
Thriller,
Action,
Suspense
1/13/13 ** This is the tale of the rescue of 2 employees of EDS (i.e. Ross Perot's company) around the time of the 1979 Iran Revolution (think Argo & the storming of the U.S. Embassy. The Revolution was in February and the U.S. Embassy events were in November.The author, Follett, is well known for ...
Ross Perot was a great hero for doing this. Too bad he went strange later.