Overview

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.

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Author:   Marc E. Vargo
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.422kg
ISBN:  

9780786479146

ISBN 10:   0786479140
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   14 January 2015
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

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

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very highly recommended...valued addition --<i>Midwest Book Review</i>.

Author Information

Marc E. Vargo is the author of ten nonfiction books and numerous articles in professional journals. He lives on New Orleans’ Northshore.

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