This book describes the clandestine missions that were defining moments in the evolution of the Mossad, including its pursuit of the Black September terrorists who murdered Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games, its acquisition on the high seas of yellowcake uranium for Israel's undeclared nuclear weapons program, and its role in bringing to justice Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. The agency's more questionable deeds are also covered, among them the assassination of civilian scientists associated with Iraq's nuclear energy program and the abduction of Israeli citizen Mordechai Vanunu, who, like Edward Snowden, has been variously depicted as a principled whistleblower and an unscrupulous traitor. Taken together, the missions discussed in this volume illustrate the Mossad's character, creativity and courage, while acknowledging the problematical moral dimensions of its operations.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"very highly recommended...valued addition"-Midwest Book Review.
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Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Interest Age: From 18 years
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
notes, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 16 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-7864-7914-6 (9780786479146)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Marc E. Vargo is the author of ten nonfiction books and numerous articles in professional journals. He lives on New Orleans' Northshore.
Table of Contents
Introduction ?1
Part One: Operation Eichmann ?9
1.?Adolf Eichmann: The Man, the Manhunt ?11
2.?Mission: Operation Eichmann ?26
3.?Trial and Tribulations ?60
Part Two: Operation Wrath of God ?69
4.?The -Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Black September Organization ?71
5.?Massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games ?91
6.?Mission: Operation Wrath of God ?116
Part Three: Operation Entebbe ?151
7.?The Emergence of Skyjacking as a Tool of Palestinian Terrorism ?152
8.?Mission: Operation Entebbe ?161
Part Four: Operation Opera ?187
9.?Saddam Hussein and the Nuclear Program of Iraq ?189
10.?Mission: Operation Opera ?196
Part Five: Operation Plumbat and the Vanunu Affair ?223
11.?Israel's Secret Nuclear Weapons Program ?225
12.?The Quest for Uranium: Operation Plumbat and the NUMEC Affair ?233
13.?Mordechai Vanunu: The Seduction of a Nuclear Whistleblower ?246
Chapter Notes ?275
Bibliography ?285
Index ?295
