Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history
Titre
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Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history
Antonio J. Mendez
Sommaire
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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.
Date de publication comme intervalle
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2012-2013
Description matérielle
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x, 310 p. ; 21 cm.
Table des matières
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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.
Vedette-matière - nom de personne
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Mendez, Antonio J.
Vedette-matière - nom collectif
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Terme de vedette-matière
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Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Diplomats -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Terme géographique
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Canada -- Foreign relations -- Iran.
Iran -- Foreign relations -- Canada.
Vedette secondaire auteur
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Baglio, Matt.
Résumé
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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.
Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
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9780147509734
Informations de publication
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New York : Penguin Books, 2013, c2012.
| Bibliothèque | Numéro de rayon | Type de document | Code à barres du document | Statut |
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| Institutional Services Schools | 955.05 MEN | Book | 30706000296885 | Kennedale Non-Fiction |