Argo How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled off the Most Audacious Rescue in History

Name: Argo How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
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ISBN: 9780147509734

ISBN-10: 0147509734

ISBN-13: 9780147509734

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Authors: Antonio Mendez, Matt Baglio

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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…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/6/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.24" wide x 7.96" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

MATT BAGLIO, a reporter living in Rome, has written for the Associated Press and the International Herald Tribune.