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EAN-13 | 8601401165750 |
Product Name | Argo: How The Cia And Hollywood Pulled Off The Most Audacious Rescue In History |
Language | English |
Category | Book / Magazine / Publication |
Amazon.com | Buy on Amazon ~ B00D9TBGNE |
Price New | 5.67 US Dollars (curriencies) |
Price Used | 3.57 US Dollars (curriencies) |
Width | 1.09 inches (convert) |
Height | 9.26 inches (convert) |
Length | 6.35 inches (convert) |
Author | Antonio Mendez, Matt Baglio |
Page Count | 320 |
Binding | Hardcover |
Published | 09/13/2012 |
Long Description | The true, declassified account of CIA operative Tony Mendez's daring rescue of American hostages from Iran that inspired the critically-acclaimed film directed by and starring Ben Affleck, and co-starring John Goodman, Alan Arkin, and Bryan Cranston. 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 drama connected to the crisis: six Americans escaped. And a top-level CIA officer named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them before they were detected. Disguising himself as a Hollywood producer, and supported by a cast of expert forgers, deep cover CIA operatives, foreign agents, and Hollywood special effects artists, Mendez traveled to Tehran under the guise of scouting locations for a fake science fiction film called Argo . While pretending to find the perfect film backdrops, Mendez and a colleague succeeded in contacting the escapees, and smuggling them out of Iran. Antonio Mendez finally details the extraordinarily complex and dangerous operation he led more than three decades ago. A riveting story of secret identities and international intrigue, Argo is the gripping account of the history-making collusion between Hollywood and high-stakes espionage. |
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