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The true account of a daring rescue that inspired the film ARGO, winner of the 2012 Academy Award for Best Picture
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 drama connected to the crisis: six Americans escaped. And a top-level CIA officer named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them before they were detected.
Disguising himself as a Hollywood producer, and supported by a cast of expert forgers
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Manufacturer: Penguin Books
Release date: 6 February 2013
ISBN-10 : 0147509734 | ISBN-13: 9780147509734
Release date: 6 February 2013
ISBN-10 : 0147509734 | ISBN-13: 9780147509734
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