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Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad Book

The Mossad was formed in 1951 to coordinate the intelligence-gathering efforts of the still-young nation of Israel. In the nearly half century since, it has become a force to be reckoned with, boasting an impressive track record of counterterrorist actions and assassinations. Gideon's Spies is loaded with anecdotes of their greatest exploits (and a few colossal blunders). Among the most interesting sections are the suggestions that Mossad agents killed media tycoon Robert Maxwell in 1991, that the agency's attempted recruitment of Henri Paul, the driver of Princess Diana's car that fateful night, may have caused sufficient emotional distress to be a contributing factor in the accident, and that Mossad operatives in America had tapes of the phone-sex conversations between President Bill Clinton and his lover Monica Lewinsky. There's also some extensive material on the links between the Israelis and the Vatican, including the Mossad's role in the investigation into the attempted 1981 assassination of Pope John Paul II and the agency's constant battles against the PLO. An interesting nonfiction read for fans of international spy thrillers. Read More

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  • Product Description

    Mossad. The word has a hundred different meanings: To some, Mossad is the precise--and at times lethal--instrument of Israel's will, a fiercely dedicated group of men and women who masterminded the abduction of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann and stole a MiG jet out from under the nose of the Iraqis. To others, Mossad is a fearsome intelligence organization, loyal only to those who can control it, a shadowy, ruthless cabal of spies who have managed to plant an agent in the Clinton White House and smuggle enough weapons-grade plutonium out of the United States to jump-start their own nuclear arms program. But no one has ever gotten close enough to Mossad to know the truth.

    Until now.

    Created in 1951 to ensure the future of an embattled Israel, the Mossad is an elite intelligence arm whose handful of agents have been responsible for the most audacious and thrilling feats of espionage, counterterrorism, and assassination ever ventured. For the first time ever, drawing on closed-door interviews between the author, Gordon Thomas, and Mossad agents, informants, and spymasters, as well as classified documents and top-secret resources, the truth about Mossad is about to be revealed.

    In Gideon's Spies, you'll learn how Mossad undercut the CIA as the Vatican's prime intelligence source by discovering the identity of those behind the failed attempt on Pope John Paul's life in May 1981; how TWA Flight 800 was ruthlessly exploited by the Mossad, resulting in the FBI spending hundreds of fruitless man-hours seeking proof of a terrorist act that never happened; about the assassination of Yassar Arafat's chief aide; and most explosive of all, about Mossad's involvement in the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed.

    Woven together in a narrative that rivals the very best thrillers, Gideon's Spies reveals the Mossad as it truly is: brilliant, ruthless, flawed, but ultimately, awesome.

  • 0312199821
  • 9780312199821
  • Gordon Thomas
  • 1 March 1999
  • St Martins Pr
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 354
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