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Blinding Saddam
Athens vs. Sparta
Cortés’ Conquest
The
Other
Sun-tzu
Shooting Vietnam
Fall of Singapore
HistoryNet.com
Ayatollah Khomeini
was initially against
the 1979 takeover of the
U.S. Embassy in Tehran
—until he was all for it
HELD
HOSTAGE
HOW IRAN GOT THE
BEST OF AMERICA
MARCH 2017
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MARCH 2017
Letters
6
News
8
Reviews
70
Features
18
444 Days
in Hell
Iran’s 1979 seizure of the U.S.
Embassy in Tehran kicked off
a political hostage crisis that
played out on the world stage
By Ron Soodalter
28
Embassy Hostage
Rocky Sickmann
One of the U.S. hostages taken
captive in 1979 reflects on the
event and its lasting implications
30
Master of
the Conquest
Spanish conquistador Hernán
Cortés was the catalyst behind
the stunning defeat of the Aztecs
By Justin D. Lyons
Departments
12
Valor
Heroic
Hellfighter
14
What We
Learned From...
The Fall of
Singapore, 1942
2
MILITARY HISTORY
MARCH 2017
On the cover:
Ayatollah Khomeini prays on Nov. 20, 1978, during his exile in Neauphle-le-Château, France,
before returning to take control of Iran in 1979. PHOTO: Gilbert Uzan/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
War Games
78
Captured!
80
48
The Flawed
Perfect General
Wu Qi led the armies of three
Chinese kingdoms and knew
defeat only off the battlefield
By Tang Long
38
Blinding Saddam
In 1991—after months of
intensive desert training—
teams of U.S. helicopters
busted Iraq wide open
By Beth Underwood
56
Frontline Focus
Photographer Horst Faas took
risks on and off the battlefield
to produce iconic images of
the war in Southeast Asia
By Deborah Stadtler
62
Beware
the Furies
Victory proved fatal for a
cadre of Athenian generals
in the Peloponnesian War
By Thomas Zacharis
16
Hardware
AH-64D Apache
Longbow
76
Hallowed Ground
Moores Creek
National
Battlefield
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