{"product_id":"9781101601204","title":"Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDisguising 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 \u003ci\u003eArgo\u003c\/i\u003e. While pretending to find the perfect film backdrops, Mendez and a colleague succeeded in contacting the escapees, and smuggling them out of Iran.\u003cbr\u003eAntonio 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120889315568,"sku":"9781101601204","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101601204_p0.jpg?v=1763688396","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101601204","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}