Mossad
The Great Operations
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4.3 • 19 Ratings
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
The secrets behind Mossad, the world’s most respected and enigmatic Secret Service Organization
This book tells what should have been known and isn't - that Israel's hidden force is as formidable as its recognised physical strength. - Shimon Peres, President of Israel
Mossad vividly brings alive a boots-on-the-ground approach to the most dangerous missions of the 60-year history of the world-renowned security agency including: the capture of Eichmann in Argentina and smuggling him out of Buenos Aires as an El Al crewman, the eradication of Black September, the destruction of the Syrian nuclear facility and the elimination of key Iranian nuclear scientists.
Mossad also reveals in dramatic detail how Israelis purloined the text of Kruschchev’s secret speech denouncing Stalin’s atrocities, and follows the career of Meir Dagan from his ‘James Bond’ days as an Israeli commando through his memorable career as head of Mossad.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Two insiders Bar-Zohar, a politician and biographer of David Ben-Gurion, and Mishal a leading Israeli journalist reveal some of the more fantastic episodes in the history of Israeli intelligence operations around the world. A quick and easy read, this book focuses on the operational details and personalities behind the famed Mossad's record of assassination, kidnapping, sabotage, and clandestine surveillance. Most of the stories covered the assassination of Hezbollah's Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus, the botched attack on Hamas leader Khaled Mash'al in Amman, Elie Cohen's rise through the ranks of Syrian society and eventual capture and execution are well-known, a few are more speculative, concerning highly confidential subjects such as the strikes on Iranian nuclear scientists and facilities. Mostly silent about the political, social, and ethical dimensions of the Mossad's work, Bar-Zohar and Mishal are resolute cheerleaders, and the writing is patchy and breathless: "The news spread through Damascus like wildfire. Fantastic, absurd, impossible nonsense!... Could one of the leaders of the ruling party... be a spy?!" 16 pages of b&w photos.
