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The true story behind the new movie argo about how cia operatives posing as a hollywood production team rescued six americans hiding in iran during the. Matt baglio has worked for a variety of news organizations. The book description in goodreads, is pretty much the book itself. The author of the master of disguise and spy dust, mendez lives with his family in rural washington county, maryland. Militant students stormed the american embassy and held sixty americans captive for a gruelling 444 days. Mendez has 12 books on goodreads with 39182 ratings. Mendez died early saturday morning, succumbing to a. A toplevel cia officer named antonio mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them before they were detected. Iranian militants entered the american embassy in tehran and held dozens of americans hostage for 444 days. There is no denying that the story mendez tells in argo is an exciting one. Antonio mendez is an author with four videos in the cspan video library.
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The movie, out this past weekend, was released by warner brothers, which has the same parent company as cnn. Argo by antonio mendez and matt baglio is a firsthand account of the foreign operation to rescue six american diplomats from a revolutiontorn iran. In the first ever memoir by a toplevel operative to be authorized by the cia, antonio j. Antonio mendezs argo is a fascinating account of the escape of 6 american diplomats from iran during the iranian hostage crisis of 197980. Antonio tony mendez, former cia officer portrayed in. The mendez s have written four books, the moscow rules, argo, spy dust, and the master of disguise, which are currently available on this site. How the cia and hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history by antonio j. A riveting story of secret identities and international intrigue, argo is the gripping account of the historymaking collusion between hollywood and highstakes espionage. Yes, but in researching the argo true story, we discovered that unlike what is shown in the film, tony mendez did not act as the interrogator. The real mendez says the movie is mostly spot on, even if the rescue at the end wasnt quite what the film depicts. The hollywood portions of the book are peppered with recognizable names and unexpected spycraft, but they are a. Antonio mendez finally details the mindbogglingly complex and dangerous operation he led more than three decades ago. Instead, a man named roger lucy, who was housesitting with the four americans staying at the sheardowns home, volunteered to be the interrogator.
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Argo ebook by antonio mendez 9782809811438 rakuten kobo. Argo, by antonio mendez and matt baglio the independent. Tony mendez, the reallife spy behind ben afflecks oscarwinning film argo, has died at the age of 78. Read argo by antonio mendez available from rakuten kobo. How the cia and hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history. For history buffs and affleck fans, argo the book, provides added insight into a. Its a fastpaced, straightforward, and gripping story full of drama and compelling characters. These diplomats managed to avoid being captured during the takeover of the us embassy, and ended up being hidden by canadian ambassador for 3 months. The mastermind behind the plan to set them free, who is also the coauthor of the book, antonio mendez, joined fareed zakaria gps at the weekend. Antonio mendez and matt baglio, london, penguin books limited, 2012, 320 pp. He died on january 19, 2019 in frederick, maryland, usa.
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