The Siege of Mecca: The 1979 Uprising at Islam's Holiest Shrine

On November 20, 1979, the first morning of a new Muslim century, hundreds of gunmen stunned the world by seizing Islam's holiest shrine, the Grand Mosque in Mecca. These men came from more than a dozen countries, launching the first operation of global ji

• | Author: Yaroslav Trofimov
• | Publisher: Anchor
• | Publication Date: September 09, 2008
• | Number of Pages: 336 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0307277739
• | ISBN-13: 9780307277732