阅读英文原著看中情局如何依靠一部假冒的电影将美国人带离德黑兰
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for fans of thrillers and international intrigue.”
—Kirkus
“[A] fast-paced account of a 1979 rescue operation during
the Iran hostage crisis of 1979–1981…
Details of this dangerous operation inject strong suspense and
excitement into the closing chapters.”
—Publishers Weekly
“One of the most daring and courageous clandestine
operations during my career involved efforts to rescue Americans
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內容簡介:
The true, declassified account of CIA operative Tony Mendez''s
daring rescue of American hostages from Iran that inspired the
critically-acclaimed film directed by and starring Ben Affleck, and
co-starring John Goodman, Alan Arkin, and Bryan Cranston.
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.
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 perfect film
backdrops, Mendez and a colleague succeeded in contacting the
escapees, and smuggling them out of Iran.
Antonio Mendez finally details the extraordinarily complex and
dangerous operation he led more than three decades ago. A riveting
story of secret identities and international intrigue, Argo is the
gripping account of the history-making collusion between Hollywood
and high-stakes espionage.
關於作者:
Antonio Mendez served in the CIA for twenty-five years and is
a highly decorated CIA officer, one of the top 50 officers in its
first 50 years and a recipient of the Intelligence Star for Valor
for the ARGO operation. The author of The Master of Disguise and
Spy Dust, Mendez lives with his family in rural Washington County,
Maryland.
Matt Baglio has worked for a variety of news organizations and
magazines. Author ofthe bestselling The Rite: The Making of a
Modern Exorcist, he divides his time between California and
Italy.