{"product_id":"argo-antonio-j-mendez-matt-baglio","title":"Argo","description":"\u003cp\u003eArgo: How the CIA \u0026amp; Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe true account of the 1979 rescue of six American hostages from Iran\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and held dozens of Americans hostage, sparking a 444-day ordeal and a quake in global politics that still reverberates today. Beaneath this crisis another shocking story was known by only a select few: six Americans escaped the embassy and hid within a city roiling with suspicion and fear. 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, 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 \"Argo.\" While pretending to find the ideal film backdrops, Mendez and a colleague succeeded in contacting the escapees and eventually smuggled them out of Iran.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter more than three decades, Antonio Mendez finally details the extraordinarily complex and dangerous operation he led. A riveting story of secret identities, international intrigue, and good old-fashioned American ingenuity, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArgo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the pulse-pounding account of the history-making collusion between Hollywood and high-stakes espionage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note this copy is in near new condition with light scuffs on the edges of the covers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780241964590\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSize: Paperback, 310 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan\u003ePenguin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: 2012\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A - Near New Condition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40173230620828,"sku":"","price":7.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0526\/1597\/0972\/files\/argo_2.jpg?v=1780384771","url":"https:\/\/booksforless.co.nz\/products\/argo-antonio-j-mendez-matt-baglio","provider":"Books For Less","version":"1.0","type":"link"}