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On Wings of Eagles Study Guide

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by Ken Follett
About 5 pages (1,394 words)
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Social Concerns

Upon its release in 1983, Follett's novel On Wings of Eagles caused some embarrassment to the U.S. State Department's diplomatic corps due to its unfavorable depiction of their actions during the 1979 Iranian crisis. In the novel, representatives of the U.S.

Embassy in Iran, when approached by Perot, refuse to lend their assistance to several of his employees because they mistakenly believe that these men had.....

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On Wings of Eagles from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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