01427cam a2200337 a 4500 780480374 OCoLC 20210901154255.0 120426s2012 nyu b 000 0deng d 2012014991 9780670026227 (hc) 0670026220 (hc) 9780147509734 AJM E183.8.I55 M46 2012 955.05/42 23 Mendez, Antonio J. 1728 Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history / Antonio J. Mendez and Matt Baglio. New York : Viking, c2012. viii, 310 p. ; 24 cm. 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. Mendez, Antonio J. 1728 United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981. 8867 Diplomats United States History 20th century. 8868 Canada Foreign relations Iran. 8869 Iran Foreign relations Canada. 8870 Baglio, Matt. 8871 ddc BOOK 27782 27782 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2021-09-01 26.95 1 955.05 MEND 63093 2021-10-15 2021-10-09 2021-09-01 BOOK