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020 _a9780670026227 (hc)
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020 _a9780147509734
040 _cAJM
050 0 0 _aE183.8.I55
_bM46 2012
082 0 0 _a955.05/42
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100 1 _aMendez, Antonio J.
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245 1 0 _aArgo :
_bhow the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history /
_cAntonio J. Mendez and Matt Baglio.
260 _aNew York :
_bViking,
_cc2012.
300 _aviii, 310 p. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 309-310).
520 _aIn 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.
600 1 0 _aMendez, Antonio J.
_91728
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCentral Intelligence Agency.
650 0 _aIran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
_98867
650 0 _aDiplomats
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_98868
651 0 _aCanada
_xForeign relations
_zIran.
_98869
651 0 _aIran
_xForeign relations
_zCanada.
_98870
700 1 _aBaglio, Matt.
_98871
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
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