Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history
Mendez, Antonio J.2012
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Tehran, November 1979. Militant students stormed the American embassy and held 60 Americans captive for a gruelling 444 days. But until now the CIA has never revealed the twist to the Iran Hostage Crisis: six Americans escaped. The escape plot was run by Antonio Mendez, head of the CIA's extraction team and a master of disguise.
Main title:
Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history / Antonio J. Mendez and Matt Baglio.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2012.
Collation:
viii, 310 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Film tie-in.Originally published: New York: Viking Penguin.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780241964590 (pbk)
Dewey class:
955.0542327.1273055
Language:
English
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BRN:
3221373