john limbert was one of the hostages held for 14 months. in his book, "negotiating with iran," he discusses the history of u.s.-iran relations and his time in captivity. we interviewed him at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis where he teaches international affairs. >> john limbert, in your book, "negotiating with iran: wrestling the ghosts of history," you talk about four crisis in u.s.-iranian history. >> two of the crisis are actually prerevolution, two postrevolution. the first was the crisis over the northwest area after world war ii. many believe that is where the cold war started. the second was the oil crisis of 1951 and 1953, in which the iranians attempted to assert control over their major economic resource. in the end, the effort was frustrated, in part because of a cia sponsored coup against the iranian leader. the second two occurred after the islamic revolution. the first was something i was involved in personally, which was the hostage crisis from 1979 until 1981. and the second was the crisis involving the hostages, americ

john limbert was one of the hostages held for 14 months. book, "negotiating with iran," he discusses the history u.s.-iran relations and his time in captivity. the u.s.iewed him at annapolis where he teaches international affairs. >> john limbert, in your book, "negotiating with iran: ofstling the ghosts history," you talk about four u.s.-iranian history. >> two of the crisis are actually prerevolution, two postrevolution. the first was the crisis over

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