Argo

Argo

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Publisher's Synopsis

Teherán, 4 de noviembre de 1979. La revolución iranì da un vuelco cuando la Embajada de los Estados Unidos es asaltada por un grupo de estudiantes alentados por el ayatolá Jomeini. Se teme por la vida de los rehenes que han quedado en su interior y, de hecho, la tensión va en aumento a medida que las negociaciones para su liberación se tornan cada vez más infructuosas. Argo es la historia de cómo un agente de la CIA, Antonio J. Mendez, ideó y ejecutó un plan tan rocambolesco como ingenioso para conseguir que dichos rehenes escapasen sanos y salvos de las manos de sus captores. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The true account of a daring rescue that inspired the film ARGO, winner of the 2012 Academy Award for Best Picture. 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 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. A riveting story of secret identities and international intrigue, Argo is the gripping account of the history-making collusion between Hollywood and highstakes espionage.

Book information

ISBN: 9788490064375
Publisher: RBA
Imprint: RBA
Pub date:
Number of pages: 656
Weight: 397g
Height: 241mm
Width: 127mm