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This is a true story of secret identities and international intrigue; it is the gripping account of the history making collusion between Hollywood and high-stakes espionage. It relates 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. But there is a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped. A midlevel agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them. Armed with foreign…

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Editions

9 editions · 4 languages
  • Hardcover · English · 2012
    Viking · 318 pages · 9780670026227
  • Audiobook · English · 2012
    Blackstone Pub · 9781470832445
  • Other · English · 2013
    Penguin Books · 310 pages · 9780147509734
  • Other · English · 2013
    Penguin · 9780241969717
  • Other · English · 2012
    Penguin Books, Limited · 9780241964606
  • Other · English · 2012
    Penguin · 9780241964590
DiplomatsUnited StatesIran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981Foreign relationsHistoryIran hostage crisis, 1979-1981Diplomatic relationsCanada, foreign relations