It is the twilight of the cold war, and the kgb is at its most ruthless. Jan 22, 2014 argo author antonio mendez writes for mirror book club. Argo by antonio mendez and matt baglio the boston globe. A riveting story of secret identities and international intrigue, argo is the gripping account of the historymaking collusion between hollywood and highstakes espionage. How the cia and hollywood pulled off the most audacious. The american embassy in tehran is in the hands of muslim students tonight. The american embassy in tehran is in the hands of muslim students. Mendez orchestrated one of the most audacious covert operations in the agencys history.
My cia storys journey from real life to silver screen. Acting under the cover of a hollywood producer scouting a location for a. If they stopped and, you know, called and said, is teresa harris working on this film argo, there would be someone to say yes, you know, shes out of the country right. Written by former cia operative antonio mendez and journalist matt baglio, the book presents mendezs firstperson account of a dangerous but successful operation, aided by hollywood and the.
Antonio mendez finally details the extraordinarily complex and dangerous operation he led more than three decades ago. Jerome and i then set about picking a name for our movie. 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. Argo the canadian caper was the popular name given to the joint covert rescue by the canadian government and the central intelligence agency cia of six american diplomats who had evaded capture during the seizure of the united states embassy in tehran, iran, and taking of embassy personnel as hostages by islamist students and militants on november 4, 1979. Antonio joseph mendez november 15, 1940 january 19, 2019 was an american technical operations officer for the central intelligence agency cia. Argo by antonio mendez and matt baglio the declassified cia story behind the oscarwinning film winner of best picture at the academy awards, the baftas and the golden globes tehran, november 1979. Antonio joseph mendez november 15, 1940 january 19, 2019 was an american technical operations officer for the central intelligence agency cia, who specialized in support of clandestine and covert cia operations. Antonio mendez served in the cia for twentyfive 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. From the author of argo comes an unforgettable behindthescenes story of espionage in action. Militant students stormed the american embassy and held sixty americans captive for a gruelling 444 days. Mendez, the former cia technical operations officer who orchestrated the 1980 rescue of six american diplomats from iran as portrayed by ben affleck in the academy awardwinning film argo, died. Canadian caper, and a thrilling novel, argo provides a number of interesting. Mendez and has been published by harper collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 200910 with political science categories.
In the first ever memoir by a toplevel operative to be authorized by the cia, antonio j. The first edition of the novel was published in 2012, and was written by antonio j. Mendez reveals the cunning tricks and insights that helped save hundreds from deadly situations. Tony mendez simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 310 pages and is available in hardcover format. Mendez was known for his onthescene management of the canadian caper during the iran hostage. Filem argo ini merupakan adaptasi buku tony mendez, the master of disguise dan artikel wired tahun 2007 oleh joshuah bearman bertajuk the great escape. How the cia used a fake scifi flick to rescue americans from tehran. Armed with foreign film visas, mendez and an unlikely team of cia agents and hollywood insiders directors, producers, and actors traveled to tehran under the guise of scouting locations for a fake film called argo. I was fourteen at the timebut of course the events depicted in argo were classified and the real story was not revealed until many years later. A classic case of deception mendez on the background of the canadian caper, studies in intelligence, winter 19992000 tony mendez, clandestine cia hero of ben afflecks argo, reveals the real story behind film smash. Savain, edwidge crevecoeurbryant, maud paultre fontus. As a work of the united states government, this image or media is in the public domain in the united states.
Pictures and no portion of it may be performed, distributed, reproduced, used. Argo filem 2012 wikipedia bahasa melayu, ensiklopedia bebas. Download pdf the master of disguise ebook free online. And a midlevel agent named antonio mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read argo. How the cia and hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history 2012, con matt baglio. The main characters of this non fiction, history story. This image is a work of a central intelligence agency employee, taken or made as part of that persons official duties. Screenwriter chris terrio adapted the screenplay from the book by the u. In 2012, tony mendez welcomed visitors to pleasant valley studios, his familys art studio in southern washington county, after the release of argo, a hollywood film documenting mendez s work to.
Argo, a film that couldve been ripped from todays headlinesan angry mob storms an american embassy, somewhere in the middle east, but this is not benghazi or cairo, it is tehran, 1979. Argo is a 2012 american historical drama film directit bi ben affleck an written bi chris terrio. How the cia and hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history by antonio mendez or any other file from books category. Tony mendez mission wahrend des canadian caper wurde cineastisch in dem mit drei oscars ausgezeichneten film argo 2012 verarbeitet. Tony mendez, whose 1980 rescue of six american diplomats was depicted in best picture winner argo, died at age 78. Argo the master of disguise by antonio mendez, length. This is a thrilling tale, full of secrets and spies. Argo the master of disguise by antonio mendez, author.
Two masters of disguise reveal the tools and operations that helped win the cold war 2003, con jonna mendez y bruce henderson. Zlibrary is one of the largest online libraries in the world that contains over 4,960,000 books and 77,100,000 articles. In the last three years, ten cia operatives have been executed or, isbn 9780743428538. The true, declassified account of cia operative tony mendezs daring rescue of american hostages from iran that inspired the criticallyacclaimed film directed. Central intelligence agency operative tony mendez s beuk the master of disguise an joshuah bearmans 2007 wired airticle the great escape. Argo by chris terrio based on the may 2007 wired magazine article entitled the great escape by joshuah bearman. How the cia and hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history mendez, antonio, baglio, matt on. Argo recounts a fascinating bit of historythe rescue of six americans from iran during the hostage crisis of 1980. Argo is a 2012 american historical drama thriller film directed by ben affleck. In 2012, tony mendez welcomed visitors to pleasant valley studios, his familys art studio in southern washington county, after the release of argo, a hollywood film documenting mendezs work to.
Antonio mendez and matt baglio, london, penguin books limited, 2012, 320. Argo author antonio mendez tells mirror book club what it was like to have his life. Central intelligence agency operative tony mendez, the master of disguise, and the 2007 wired article by joshuah bearman, the great escape. Argo author antonio mendez writes for mirror book club. Argo isbn 9782809811247 pdf epub antonio mendez ebook. How the cia and hollywood pulled off the most audacious rescue in history. Argo ialah sebuah filem seram ngeri politik amerika syarikat 2012 diarahkan oleh ben affleck.
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