Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

by Michael Bar-Zohar, Nissim Mishal

Overview

"This book tells what should have been known and isn't—that Israel's hidden force is as formidable as its recognized physical strength."
— Israeli President Shimon Peres

For decades, Israel's renowned security arm, the Mossad, has been widely recognized as the best intelligence service in the world. In Mossad, authors Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions in the agency's 60-year history. These are real Mission: Impossible true stories brimming with high-octane action—from the breathtaking capture of Nazi executioner Adolph Eichmann to the recent elimination of key Iranian nuclear scientists. Anyone who is fascinated by the world of international espionage, intelligence, and covert "Black-Ops" warfare will find Mossad electrifying reading.

Mossad unveils the defining and most dangerous operations, unknown heroes, and mysterious agents of the world's most respected—and most enigmatic—intelligence service. Here are the thrilling stories of daring top secret missions, including 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.

Drawn from intensive research and exclusive interviews with Israeli leaders and Mossad operatives, this riveting history brings to life the brave agents, deadly villains, and major battlegrounds that have shaped Israel and the world at large for more than sixty years.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062123411
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/23/2014
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	161,296
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 5.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Michael Bar-Zohar is a writer, public speaker, and former lawmaker. Author of many novels and nonfiction books, he was a member of the Knesset and envoy to the Council of Europe. A former adviser to General Moshe Dayan, Dr. Bar-Zohar has also served as a professor at Haifa University in Israel and at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. He is one of Israel's foremost experts on espionage and the official biographer of David Ben-Gurion and Shimon Peres. He also wrote the biography of Isser Harel, the legendary Director of the Mossad, and co-authored The Quest for the Red Prince, which dealt with the bloody war between the Mossad and Black September. Bar-Zohar's books have been translated into eighteen languages. 

Nissim Mishal is one of the foremost TV personalities in Israel. After graduating with a master's degree in political science, he joined the staff of the Israeli state television and worked as a political reporter, Washington correspondent, and, finally, its director-general. At the fiftieth and sixtieth anniversaries of Israel, Mishal published two record-selling books about the great events in Israel's history. They were translated into English, French, Russian, and Spanish. He has also coauthored a book on two thousand years of Judaism with Professor Shlomo Ben-Ami, a former Israeli minister of foreign affairs.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Alone, in the Lion's Den ix

1 King of Shadows 1

2 Funerals in Tehran 8

3 A Hanging in Baghdad 26

4 A Soviet Mole and a Body at Sea 38

5 "Oh, That? It's Khrushchev's Speech…" 50

6 "Bring Eichmann Dead or Alive!" 59

7 Where Is Yossele? 88

8 A Nazi Hero at the Service of the Mossad 112

9 Our Man in Damascus 131

10 "I Want a MiG-21!" 157

11 Those Who'll Never Forget 171

12 The Quest for the Red Prince 186

13 The Syrian Virgins 214

14 "Today We'll Be at War!" 222

15 A Honey Trap for the Atom Spy 239

16 Saddam's Supergun 254

17 Fiasco in Amman 266

18 From North Korea with Love 279

19 Love and Death in the Afternoon 291

20 The Cameras Were Rolling 304

21 From the Land of the Queen of Sheba 317

Epilogue: War with Iran? 333

Acknowledgments 339

Bibliography and Sources 341

Index 371

What People are Saying About This

Shimon Peres

“This book tells what should have been known and isn’t—that Israel’s hidden force is as formidable as its recognized physical strength.”

Chuck Hagel

“MOSSAD reads like a spectacular spy novel, and contains the real stories from one of the world’s premiere intelligence agencies. It’s worth reading.”

Editorial Reviews

This book tells what should have been known and isn’t—that Israel’s hidden force is as formidable as its recognized physical strength.” — Shimon Peres, President of Israel

“Mossad reads like a spectacular spy novel, and contains the real stories from one of the world’s premiere intelligence agencies. It’s worth reading.” — Chuck Hagel, U.S. Secretary of Defense

“Two insiders 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.” — Publishers Weekly

“Action-packed accounts of the missions of one of the world’s most effective and mysterious intelligence services.” — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

This book tells what should have been known and isn’t—that Israel’s hidden force is as formidable as its recognized physical strength.

Shimon Peres

Action-packed accounts of the missions of one of the world’s most effective and mysterious intelligence services.

Stephanie Garber

Mossad reads like a spectacular spy novel, and contains the real stories from one of the world’s premiere intelligence agencies. It’s worth reading.

Chuck Hagel