Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history
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Published
New York : Viking, 2012.
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Book
ISBN
9780670026227, 0670026220
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viii, 310 pages ; 24 cm
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Published
New York : Viking, 2012.
Language
English
ISBN
9780670026227, 0670026220
Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-310).
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. But there is a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped. 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 ideal backdrops, the team succeeded in contacting the escapees and smuggling them out of Iran without a single shot. Here the author finally details the extraordinarily complex and dangerous operation he led more than three decades ago.--From publisher description.
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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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