Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history / Antonio J. Mendez and Matt Baglio.
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TextPublisher: New York : Viking, c2012Description: viii, 310 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780670026227 (hc); 0670026220 (hc); 9780147509734Subject(s): Mendez, Antonio J | United States. Central Intelligence Agency | Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981 | Diplomats -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Canada -- Foreign relations -- Iran | Iran -- Foreign relations -- CanadaDDC classification: 955.05/42 LOC classification: E183.8.I55 | M46 2012Summary: In 1979 Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages; six Americans escaped. CIA agent Antonio Mendez devised a plan to rescue them. He and his team pretended to film a foreign movie in Iran in an attempt to rescue the six escaped Americans.
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| 951 GERN A history of Chinese civilization | 951.90 SIDES On desperate ground : | 954.91 BHUT Reconciliation : | 955.05 MEND Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history / | 956 JONE Vengeance : | 956.04 CART Palestine : | 956.05 CART We can have peace in the Holy Land : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-310).
In 1979 Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages; six Americans escaped. CIA agent Antonio Mendez devised a plan to rescue them. He and his team pretended to film a foreign movie in Iran in an attempt to rescue the six escaped Americans.
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