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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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    Created in 1951 to ensure the future of an embattled Israel, the Mossad has been responsible for the most audacious and thrilling feats of espionage, counterterrorism, and assassination ever ventured. Gordon Thomas's 1999 publication of Gideon's Spies, resulting from closed-door interviews with Mossad agents, informants, and spymasters as well as from classified documents and top-secret sources, revealed previously untold truths about the Israeli intelligence agency. And now, in this edition, Thomas updates his classic text and shows the Mossad as it truly is: brilliant, ruthless, and flawed, but ultimately awesome.

    Three all-new chapters cover topics including:

    - How the Mossad planned to assassinate Saddam Hussein
    - Saddam's food-testing ritual, and the surprising "source" within his government
    - China's U.S.-based front-companies, and its relationship with bin Laden
    - Mossad's untold role in the events before and after 9/11
    - Mossad and revelations about Princess Diana's death
    - The disappearance of the millions transferred from the Vatican Bank to the Polish Solidarity movement
    - How extremists recruit suicide bombers, including women
    - Mossad's untold role in the Iraq war and the hunts for Saddam and bin Laden
    - Saddam's plans for trial

  • 0312339135
  • 9780312339135
  • Gordon Thomas
  • 31 March 2005
  • Griffin,U.S.
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 480
  • New edition
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