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How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
Antonio Mendez|Matt Baglio
The book recounts the true story of a covert operation during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, where CIA operative Tony Mendez devised an ingenious plan to rescue six American diplomats by posing as a Hollywood film crew. It details the collaboration between the CIA and Hollywood insiders to fabricate a fake movie project, which provided the cover needed to smuggle the Americans out of Tehran.
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