Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history
Title
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Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history
Personal Author EPSB
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Antonio J. Mendez
Summary
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Relates the true account of the 1979 rescue of six American hostages from Iran. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444 day ordeal and a quake in global politics still reverberating today. But there is a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped, and a midlevel agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
Year Published
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2012-2013
Physical Description
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x, 310 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents
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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.
Personal Subject
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Mendez, Antonio J.
Corporate Subject
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Subject
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Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Diplomats -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Geographic Term
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Canada -- Foreign relations -- Iran.
Iran -- Foreign relations -- Canada.
Added Author
:
Baglio, Matt.
Summary
:
Relates the true account of the 1979 rescue of six American hostages from Iran. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444 day ordeal and a quake in global politics still reverberating today. But there is a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped, and a midlevel agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them.
ISBN
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9780147509734
Publisher
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New York : Penguin Books, 2013, c2012.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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| Institutional Services Schools | 955.05 MEN | Book | 30706000296885 | Kennedale Non-Fiction |