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Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad

Product Description

THE SIXTH EDITION OF THE COMPELLING AND CONTROVERSIAL HISTORY OF ISRAEL’S SECRET INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

In a tip universe of spies and growth operations, no other comprehension use continues to be surrounded by parable and mystery, or commands honour and fear like Israel's Mossad. Formed in 1951 to safeguard an embattled Israel’s future, a Mossad has been obliged for a many brazen and stirring feats of espionage, counterterrorism, and assassination ever ventured. Gideon’s Spies draws from personal documents, trusted sources, and closed-door interviews with Mossad agents, informants, and spymasters to exhibit a organization’s deepest secrets.

Revised and updated for 2012, this new book includes a story of how Mossad assassinated a Hamas apprehension commander in Dubai in 2010, a demeanour inside a complicated Mossad training school, a depart of long-serving Mossad arch Meir Dagan and appointment of Tamir Pardo, Mossad’s disaster to yield a comprehension for a barbarous Gaza squadron raid, and a unused murder of a Mossad view in London.

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #205570 in Books
Published on: 2012-02-28
Released on: 2012-02-28
Original language: English
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
784 pages

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Literally unfit to put down.”—The New York Times

“A fascinating demeanour during a view classification that has remained off-limits to many journalists. A best nonfiction account.”—GQ

“Thomas handles rarely thespian element with clarity and impact.”—Washington Post Book World

“Using watcher accounts from directors, agents, and even assassins, Thomas goes...inside a Mossad, Israel’s ruthless, super-secretive comprehension agency.”—Maxim

“A constrained read, with any series of unfortunate revelations.”—FHM

“Espionage buffs will adore each page.”—Booklist

“Grabs courtesy with a riveting yarn... will have readers intrigued.”—Publishers Weekly

“Tells it like it was—and like it is.”—Meir Amit, former executive ubiquitous of Mossad

About a Author

GORDON THOMAS is a bestselling author of forty books published worldwide. He has resolutely determined himself as a heading consultant on a mostly sinister, though always constrained universe of tip intelligence.