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Author:

Mendez, Antonio J.

Title:

Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history / Antonio J. Mendez and Matt Baglio.

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2013, c2012

Description:

x, 310 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Mendez, Antonio J.
Mendez, Antonio J.
United States.--Central Intelligence Agency.
United States.--Central Intelligence Agency.
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Diplomats--United States--History--20th century.
Iran hostage crisis, 1979-1981.
Diplomats--United States--History.
Canada--Foreign relations--Iran.
Iran--Foreign relations--Canada.
Canada--Foreign relations--Iran.
Iran--Foreign relations--Canada.

Other Authors:

Baglio, Matt. joint auth.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Viking, 2012. Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-310) and index.

Contents:

Welcome to the revolution -- Picking up the pieces -- Diplomacy -- Nowhere to run -- Canada to the rescue -- Lessons from the past -- Assembling the team -- Cover story -- Hollywood -- Studio Six -- A cosmic conflagration -- Getting ready to launch -- On location in Iran -- Final preparations -- The escape -- Aftermath.

Summary:

An account of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis recalls how six of the intended American hostages escaped from Iranian militants and were rescued by the co-author and his unlikely team of CIA agents and Hollywood insiders during a high-risk mission in Tehran conducted in the guise of a movie scouting expedition.

ISBN:

0147509734
9780147509734 (pbk.)

LCCN:

bl2013004068

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