EPISODE · Sep 13, 2012 · 9H 27M
Argo Audiobook by Antonio Mendez, Matt Baglio
from Discover the Libray of Best Audiobooks in History, 20th Century · host Antonio Mendez
https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/audiobook/38/ to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Argo Subtitle: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History Author: Antonio Mendez, Matt Baglio Narrator: Dylan Baker Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins Language: English Release date: 09-13-12 Publisher: Penguin Audio Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 449 votes Genres: History, 20th Century Publisher's Summary: The true account of the 1979 rescue of six American hostages from Iran 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's a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped. And a midlevel agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them. Armed with foreign film visas, Mendez and an unlikely team of CIA agents and Hollywood insiders - directors, producers, actors - traveled to Tehran under the guise of scouting locations for a fake film called Argo. While pretending to find the perfect scenery and backdrops, the team succeeded in contacting the escapees and smuggling them out of Iran without a single shot being fired. Antonio Mendez finally details the mind-bogglingly complex and dangerous operation he led more than three decades ago. A true story of secret identities and international intrigue, Argo is the gripping account of the history-making collusion between Hollywood and high-stakes espionage.
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