Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
The book is well researched and gives an insight into the Israeli agency's operations. The book is divided in 21 chapters each a different operation undertaken. Each of the story reads like a thriller and I enjoyed the book tremendously.
This book was equal parts fascinating and horrifying. You can almost feel the thrill of operations being precisely planned and executed as if you were a participant yourself. However, the ease with which lives are taken, borders crossed and identities changed makes it all a little scary. On the whole though, a great read.
After reading this fantastic book by Michael Bar-Zohar, I am really enchanted and feel utmost respect for the Israelis and of course for MossadThe book describes various prominent missions in form of separate Chapters, Mossad carried out under the support of Israeli Government.Loved the way Michael has described almost all of the missions and the way they were carried out, right from planning to execution to completion. The book gives out a lot of factual data and real names, the sources of
Mossad - Bollywood styleI wrote a spy novel when I was in my teens. Growing up on Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne series and super technical Tom Clancy's books, I was very confident that I could write a bestseller with my made up knowledge about inner workings of the CIA. But my hero had to be Indian as I presumed the American spies to be devoid of emotions and drama (also my made up knowledge about American culture was not deep enough to make up a complete character). But I was fascinated by
I have two problems with this book. The first one is that it's way too James Bond-y, it's not an objective book at all, it sensationalizes the "missions" to the extent where you just feel a lot of things are made up. Yes, the gist of the stories might be true, but too many descriptions of who felt what and who thought what and who whispered what make it look like a work of fiction straight out of the author's mind. The second problem is the hypocrisy of this book! At the end of the day, let's
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Title | : | Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service |
Author | : | Michael Bar-Zohar |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 388 pages |
Published | : | November 6th 2012 by Ecco (first published 2010) |
Categories | : | Nonfiction. History. Cultural. Israel. Spy Thriller. Espionage. Politics. War. Military Fiction |
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The Mossad is widely recognized today as the best intelligence service in the world. It is also the most enigmatic, shrouded in secrecy. Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service unveils the defi ning and most dangerous operations that have shaped Israel and the world at large from the agency's more than sixty-year history, among them: the capture of Adolf Eichmann, the eradication of Black September, the destruction of the Syrian nuclear facility, and the elimination of key Iranian nuclear scientists. Through intensive research and exclusive interviews with Israeli leaders and Mossad agents, authors Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal re-create these missions in riveting detail, vividly bringing to life the heroic operatives who risked everything in the face of unimaginable danger. In the words of Shimon Peres, president of Israel, this gripping, white-knuckle read "tells what should have been known and isn't--that Israel's hidden force is as formidable as its recognized physical strength."List Books Toward Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
Original Title: | Mossad. The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service |
ISBN: | 0062123408 (ISBN13: 9780062123404) |
Edition Language: | English |
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Israel's relations with his neighbours and it's secret service is and was always intriguing subject. I have never encountered a book so true and directly indicating names, dates and modus operandi of the operations by any secret service. This book is full of modern history,secret warfare and intelligence some propaganda too. It could have been better if the author didn't mixed too many details and the flavour of a spy novel. Overall it is a must read for history buffs. It also arouses so manyThe book is well researched and gives an insight into the Israeli agency's operations. The book is divided in 21 chapters each a different operation undertaken. Each of the story reads like a thriller and I enjoyed the book tremendously.
This book was equal parts fascinating and horrifying. You can almost feel the thrill of operations being precisely planned and executed as if you were a participant yourself. However, the ease with which lives are taken, borders crossed and identities changed makes it all a little scary. On the whole though, a great read.
After reading this fantastic book by Michael Bar-Zohar, I am really enchanted and feel utmost respect for the Israelis and of course for MossadThe book describes various prominent missions in form of separate Chapters, Mossad carried out under the support of Israeli Government.Loved the way Michael has described almost all of the missions and the way they were carried out, right from planning to execution to completion. The book gives out a lot of factual data and real names, the sources of
Mossad - Bollywood styleI wrote a spy novel when I was in my teens. Growing up on Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne series and super technical Tom Clancy's books, I was very confident that I could write a bestseller with my made up knowledge about inner workings of the CIA. But my hero had to be Indian as I presumed the American spies to be devoid of emotions and drama (also my made up knowledge about American culture was not deep enough to make up a complete character). But I was fascinated by
I have two problems with this book. The first one is that it's way too James Bond-y, it's not an objective book at all, it sensationalizes the "missions" to the extent where you just feel a lot of things are made up. Yes, the gist of the stories might be true, but too many descriptions of who felt what and who thought what and who whispered what make it look like a work of fiction straight out of the author's mind. The second problem is the hypocrisy of this book! At the end of the day, let's
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