{"product_id":"argo-how-the-cia-and-hollywood-pulled-off-the-most-audacious-rescue-in-history-9780147509734","title":"Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Antonio Mendez\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Theory - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe true account of a daring rescue that inspired the film \u003ci\u003eARGO\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2012 Academy Award for Best Picture\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDisguising himself as a Hollywood producer, and supported by a cast of expert forgers, deep cover CIA operatives, foreign agents, and Hollywood special effects artists, Mendez traveled to Tehran under the guise of scouting locations for a fake science fiction film called \u003ci\u003eArgo\u003c\/i\u003e. While pretending to find the perfect film backdrops, Mendez and a colleague succeeded in contacting the escapees, and smuggling them out of Iran.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntonio Mendez finally details the extraordinarily complex and dangerous operation he led more than three decades ago. A riveting story of secret identities and international intrigue, \u003ci\u003eArgo\u003c\/i\u003e is the gripping account of the history-making collusion between Hollywood and high-stakes espionage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355110695063,"sku":"9780147509734","price":836.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780147509734.webp?v=1767670460","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/argo-how-the-cia-and-hollywood-pulled-off-the-most-audacious-rescue-in-history-9780147509734","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}