Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history
Título
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Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history
Antonio J. Mendez
Resumen
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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.
Fecha de publicación como intervalo
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2012-2013
Descripción física
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x, 310 p. ; 21 cm.
Contenido
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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.
Materia personal
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Mendez, Antonio J.
Materia corporativa
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Término de la materia
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Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Diplomats -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Término geográfico
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Canada -- Foreign relations -- Iran.
Iran -- Foreign relations -- Canada.
Autor añadido
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Baglio, Matt.
Síntesis
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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.
ISBN
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9780147509734
Información de publicación
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New York : Penguin Books, 2013, c2012.
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| Institutional Services Schools | 955.05 MEN | Book | 30706000296885 | Kennedale Non-Fiction |