The Secret War with Iran
The 30-year Covert Struggle for Control of a Rogue State
Published on 16. April 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-85168-676-6 (ISBN)
Description
While many now fear a looming war with Iran, few know that this war is already raging and has been doing so for the past three decades.
Starting from the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, intelligence expert Ronen Bergman details the complex array of political manoeuvring, assassination attempts, arms trading, and suicide bombs that have characterised the secret war between Iran and the intelligence services of Israel and the United States. Drawing on interviews with a plethora of intelligence agents from all sides, this is a riveting exploration of the growing influence of Iran in the Middle East, and the covert activities of the CIA and Mossad to tackle Iran and its political ambitions.
Starting from the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, intelligence expert Ronen Bergman details the complex array of political manoeuvring, assassination attempts, arms trading, and suicide bombs that have characterised the secret war between Iran and the intelligence services of Israel and the United States. Drawing on interviews with a plethora of intelligence agents from all sides, this is a riveting exploration of the growing influence of Iran in the Middle East, and the covert activities of the CIA and Mossad to tackle Iran and its political ambitions.
Reviews / Votes
"An enthralling read" * The Economist * "Thoroughly researched and persuasively argued." * Publishers Weekly * "Ronen Bergman has managed to pull off that much-vaunted trick, beloved of blurb-writers, of making a serious ivestigative boook read like a thriller." * Jewish Chronicle *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85168-676-6 (9781851686766)
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10/2013
1st Edition
Oneworld Publications
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Book
09/2008
Oneworld Publications
€41.03
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Person
Following a PhD from Cambridge University, Ronen Bergman teaches investigative jounalism at Tel-Aviv University, and is currently the senior security and intelligence correspondent for Israel's largest daily newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth.