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■ A small postscript to the successful liberation of the Japanese embassy in Lima: the length of the diplomat-hostages’ captivity apparently removed any affection they might have developed for their leftist captors.

Such affection—known as the “Stockholm Syndrome”—was a surprising discovery of the many hostage crises in the Sixties and Seventies. Some hostages indeed have been known to fall in love with their captors. A case in point: Jimmy Carter during the Iran hostage crisis was the only President ever to suffer from the Stockholm Syndrome.

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John O’Sullivan

John O’Sullivan is a senior fellow at National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review.

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■ A small postscript to the successful liberation of the Japanese embassy in Lima: the length of the diplomat-hostages’ captivity apparently removed any affection they might have developed for their leftist captors.

Such affection—known as the “Stockholm Syndrome”—was a surprising discovery of the many hostage crises in the Sixties and Seventies. Some hostages indeed have been known to fall in love with their captors. A case in point: Jimmy Carter during the Iran hostage crisis was the only President ever to suffer from the Stockholm Syndrome.