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Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history  Cover Image Book Book

Argo : how the CIA and Hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history / Antonio J. Mendez and Matt Baglio.

Mendez, Antonio J. (Author). Baglio, Matt. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780670026227 (hc) :
  • Physical Description: viii, 310 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Viking, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Mendez, Antonio J.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Diplomats > United States > History > 20th century.
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Canada > Foreign relations > Iran.
Iran > Foreign relations > Canada.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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Cookstown Branch 955.0542 Men 31681002131464 NONFIC Available -

Antonio Mendez served in the CIA for twenty-five years and is a highly decorated CIA officer, one of the top 50 officers in its first 50 years and a recipient of the Intelligence Star for Valor for the ARGO operation. The author of The Master of Disguise and Spy Dust, Mendez lives with his family in rural Washington County, Maryland.

Matt Baglio has worked for a variety of news organizations and magazines. Author ofthe bestselling The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist, he divides his time between California and Italy.


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