We Want To Negotiate: The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages, and Ransom | Joel Simon at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC
Saturday, January 26, 2019
6:00pm — 7:30pm
Politics and Prose Bookstore
5015 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20008
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“A wise and thorough investigation of the painful conundrum posed by terrorist kidnappings. Simon makes a cogent argument about how to change our current, failed approach to negotiation.” — Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower and The Terror Years
Starting in late 2012, Westerners working in Syria — journalists and aid workers — began disappearing without a trace. A year later the world learned they had been taken hostage by the Islamic State. Throughout 2014, all the Europeans came home, first the Spanish, then the French, then an Italian, a German, and a Dane. In August 2014, the Islamic State began executing the Americans — including journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, followed by the British hostages.
Click here to read Joel Simon's oped in the Washington Post on "What Makes Jamal Khashoggi's Alleged Murder So Depraved."
This event is free to attend with no reservation required. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis.
Starting in late 2012, Westerners working in Syria — journalists and aid workers — began disappearing without a trace. A year later the world learned they had been taken hostage by the Islamic State. Throughout 2014, all the Europeans came home, first the Spanish, then the French, then an Italian, a German, and a Dane.… more
Politics and Prose Bookstore5015 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20008