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Mendez has 12 books on goodreads with 39354 ratings. Argo by antonio mendez overdrive rakuten overdrive. 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. The moscow rules book antonio and jonna mendez matt baglio. Tony mendez, whose 1980 rescue of six american diplomats was depicted in best picture winner argo, died at age 78. Antonio mendezs argo is a fascinating account of the escape of 6 american. Antonio mendezs argo is a fascinating account of the escape of 6 american diplomats from iran during the iranian hostage crisis of 197980. Mendez has 12 books on goodreads with 39182 ratings. 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. The true story behind operation argo to rescue americans. How the cia and hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history by antonio mendez in djvu, doc, epub download e book.
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The movie, out this past weekend, was released by warner brothers, which has the same parent company as cnn. Dec 22, 2012 argo, by antonio mendez and matt baglio. How the cia and hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history. A toplevel cia officer named antonio mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them before they were detected.
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Oct 10, 2012 antonio mendez poses in true face at the. Tony mendez, clandestine cia hero of ben afflecks argo. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read argo. Pictures shows ben affleck as tony mendez, center, in argo, a rescue thriller.
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