Description
| Product ID: | 9780141034065 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Siege of Mecca |
| Subtitle: | The Forgotten Uprising in Islam's Holiest Shrine |
| Authors: | Author: Yaroslav Trofimov |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Middle Eastern history, Middle Eastern history, History, Islam, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Islam, Arabian peninsula |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 20 November, 1979: as morning prayers began, hundreds of hardline Islamist gunmen, armed with rifles smuggled in coffins, stormed the Grand Mosque in Mecca. This work takes us through one of the momentous events in history, interviewing many participants in the siege and reveals the truth about the first operation of modern global jihad. 20 November 1979: as morning prayers began, hundreds of hardline Islamist gunmen, armed with rifles smuggled in coffins, stormed the Grand Mosque in Mecca. With thousands of terrified worshippers trapped inside, the result was a bloody siege that lasted two weeks, caused hundreds of deaths, prompted an international diplomatic crisis and unleashed forces that would eventually lead to the rise of al Qaeda. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-08-07 |