An edition of The houseguests (2012)

The houseguests

a memoir of Canadian courage and CIA sorcery

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An edition of The houseguests (2012)

The houseguests

a memoir of Canadian courage and CIA sorcery

The movie Argo was fake before it was real. This is the story of the original Argo and of the six Americans who escaped the capture of the American Embassy in Iran in 1979. Lijek, one of the six, explains why they were in Iran, what went wrong and how they managed to escape the embassy compound. As chaos increasingly gripped Iran and its government fell, the Americans survived tension-filled days before reaching sanctuary with the Canadians. Then came an emotional roller-coaster ride, long days of boredom punctuated by nerve-wracking episodes, against the background of concern for their hostage colleagues and fear Washington had forgotten them. Finally the excitement of Argo, the arrival of CIA operative Tony Mendez and his daring scheme to exfiltrate the "houseguests," as they were called in secret communications between Tehran, Ottawa and Washington. Lijek explains how the six reacted to the CIA's "best bad idea" and what it was like to exit the airport with false papers, hoping the plan would work as advertised. He presents an overview of the years that followed, during which they repeatedly lied to hide the CIA's participation. He ends with the controversy that erupted when the CIA announced its role and continues to this day, as what had been the "Canadian Caper" became something else, at least in the eyes of many.

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English
Pages
303

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Published in
Charleston, S.C

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Dewey Decimal Class
955.054/2
Library of Congress
E183.8.I55 L543 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
303 pages
Number of pages
303

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Open Library
OL38219710M
Internet Archive
houseguestsmemoi0000lije
ISBN 10
148022538X, 1482708248
ISBN 13
9781480225381, 9781482708240
OCLC/WorldCat
820794788

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