On Wings of Eagles
by Ken Follett · first published 1983
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When two of his American employees were held hostage in a heavily guarded prison fortress in Iran, one man took matters into his own hands: American businessman H. Ross Perot. His team consisted of a group of volunteers from the executive ranks of his corporation, hand-picked and trained by a retired Green Beret officer. To free the imprisoned Americans, they would face incalculable odds on a mission that only true heroes would have dared. (from Amazon)
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US coder gets sent to the middle east for a bunch of money Reminds me of Ken Follett's 'On Wings of Eagles' - definitely a recommendation if you're into thrillers! It's about a team of coders from EDS (now part of HP I think) who get sent to Iran to work for the government and are then refused to leave the…
on “Ask HN: Would you go to Iraq for a year and be paid $200k?” ↗I don't feel like looking up the style guide right now for the right way to link this, etc... but I'm going to suggest a book: _On Wings of Eagles_ by Ken Follet. You'll have to read it to understand why.
on “Ask HN: Any book that you can recommend about adquiring CIA skills?” ↗If you are looking for a contrast with a typical tech bro modern day CEO leadership I highly recommend the book "On wings of Eagles." It describes Ross Perots efforts to gather a mix of staff and hired guns to go into Iran and break some of his staff out of prison during the Iranian Revolution. They actually succeeded. Partly crazy,…
on “Ross Perot Has Died” ↗None of what I've read today on his passing have mentioned this interesting story of the rescue of his employees from Iran during the revolution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Wings_of_Eagles A mini-series was produced about it starring Burt Lancaster
on “Ross Perot Has Died” ↗…flew into Iran during that time to visit the imprisoned employees to assure them he was doing everything in his power to get them out. If he had been spotted, he surely would have been arrested, too. On Wings Of Eagles https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Wings_of_Eagles
on “Ross Perot Has Died” ↗It's been done: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Wings_of_Eagles
on “YouTube approves ad by Belarusian gov with journalist from hijackd Ryanair plane” ↗