Assassination in Khartoum: An Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Book

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Indiana University Press, Nov 22, 1993 - History - 262 pages

"Korn has written a fast-pased and absorbing account of the murder of two American diplomats held hostage in the Saudi embassy in Khartoum in 1973."
—Foreign Affairs

". . . engrossing . . . well-crafted . . . a gripping story of personal courage and tragedy." —Foreign Service Journal

 

Contents

Prelude
1
A Diplomatic Farewell
6
Ambassador to Sudan
11
Find Moore
22
Hostage in the Saudi Embassy
30
Fury of the Black September
35
To Be a Foreign Service Officer
54
To Be an Arabist
65
Things Go Wrong
138
We Will Not Pay Blackmail
145
Cold River
156
The End of a Siege
172
To Protect a President
181
No Rush to Justice
195
Trial and Release
212
Dissent in the Ranks
222

A Wrong Turn in Omdurman
73
To Make a Difference
79
In the Operations Center
102
A New Terrorism Policy
110
A Rescue Mission
122
Proceed to Normalize Relations
232
Epilogue
237
A Final Note
249
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