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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.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2012.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1532899~S1
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Description viii, 310 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310).
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.
Subject Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Diplomats -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Canada -- Foreign relations -- Iran.
Iran -- Foreign relations -- Canada.
Mendez, Antonio J.
Added Author Baglio, Matt.
ISBN 9780670026227
0670026220
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