Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history
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Published
New York : Viking, 2012.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780670026227, 0670026220
Physical Desc
viii, 310 pages ; 24 cm
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Published
New York : Viking, 2012.
Language
English
ISBN
9780670026227, 0670026220
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Includes bibliographical references.
Description
This book relates the true account of the 1979 rescue of six American hostages from Iran. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444 day ordeal and a quake in global politics still reverberating today. But there is a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped. And a midlevel agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them. Armed with foreign film visas, Mendez and an unlikely team of CIA agents and Hollywood insiders, directors, producers, and actors, traveled to Tehran under the guise of scouting locations for a fake film called Argo. While pretending to find the perfect scenery and backdrops, the team succeeded in contacting the escapees and smuggling them out of Iran without a single shot being fired. In this book the author finally details the mind-bogglingly complex and dangerous operation he led more than three decades ago. This is a true story of secret identities and international intrigue; it is the gripping account of the history making collusion between Hollywood and high-stakes espionage.
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 955.0542 MEN | Available |
Bernardsville Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 955.0542 MEN | Available |
Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 955.05 MEN | Available |
Chester Library - Adult Nonfiction | 955.05 MEN | Available |
Denville Library - Adult Nonfiction | 955.0542 MEN | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mendez, A. J., & Baglio, M. (2012). Argo: how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mendez, Antonio J and Matt. Baglio. 2012. Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mendez, Antonio J and Matt. Baglio. Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History Viking, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mendez, Antonio J., and Matt Baglio. Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History Viking, 2012.
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