Ransom : the untold story of international kidnapping
- Title
- Ransom : the untold story of international kidnapping / Ann Hagedorn Auerbach.
- Published by
- New York, NY : Henry Holt, 1998.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- 481 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- In Ransom, Ann Hagedorn Auerbach explores two years in the high-stakes world of international kidnapping, beginning on July 4, 1995, when terrorists seized an American couple relaxing on the banks of a river in Kashmir.
- Seamlessly moving between this story and others, Auerbach provides the first inside look at the highly secretive world of private industry kidnap negotiators, the little-known international role of the FBI, the explosive controversies over ransoms and negotiations, and the ordeals of hostages of the 1990s.
- Exposing many never-before-reported facts culled from interviews worldwide, Auerbach shows how events in the post-Cold War era have compelled criminals, terrorists, former rebels, and even former soldiers to turn to kidnapping to make a living.
- Subject
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.