HOSTAGE: THE HISTORY, FACTS AND REALITY OF HOSTAGE TAKING

Book ID/图书代码： 02670005B06025

English Summary/英文概要： The taking of hostages has become a familiar event in the world’s headlines, but news coverage naturally tends to focus on the individual event itself rather than the broader picture and its implications. Hostage is a highly topical study of the phenomenon of hostage taking, both historically and in the world today. It examines the problems and issues related to the taking, holding, killing or releasing of hostages and explores such areas as: history of hostage taking and how it has evolved; the seizing of hostages, including hijackings; the treatment of hostages and the relationship that develops between captor and captive; rescues, escapes and releases; hostage negotiations; the ultimate fate of the captors and captives; the trauma and subsequent long-term effects of being held hostage; the response by the government, police and special forces to hostage-taking. Drawing on a large number of individual cases and in dialogue with many key hostages, terrorists and negotiators, John Griffiths dramatically re-creates the main hostage events of the post-War era and asks how effective it is as a means to an end, and will it always be such a powerful bargaining tool?

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 人质被捕已成为我们耳熟能详的世界头条新闻，但是新闻媒体似乎把更多的注意力集中在个案而不是全局和其背后所隐藏的玄机上。本书从历史和现代的双重角度深入研究捕获人质这一话题性事件；它探讨了与人质捕获、绑架、杀戳、释放密切相关的问题和事情；探索绑架人质的历史及其演变；人质被捕，包括人质劫持；对人质的处置和绑架者与被绑者之间的关系；绑架过程中人质的伤势以及被长期拘留后对人质的影响；政府、警署、人质绑架案的特种部队对人质事件所采取的措施。作者约翰•格里夫斯经过对众多个案的分析、与事件关键人物包括人质、恐怖分子和谈判者的对话，在书中戏剧化地重现了战后时期发生的主要绑架事件，人质绑架是否是真正的达成目的的手段？人质绑架是否能一直成为讨价还价的有力武器呢？在本书您将得到作者给您的解答。

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About the Author/作者介绍： 约翰•C•格里夫斯曾出版过许多作品，包括«阿富汗：一部冲突的历史»。作者毕业于剑桥大学，他在1957年带领陆地远征队去到阿富汗，并从此以后密切关注阿富汗的国事。他曾是英国历史上最年轻的治安官，前自由党主席；现任全职作家并管理着一家名为Minerva Vision的独立艺术记录片制片公司

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