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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossadby Gordon Thomas
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Created in 1951 to ensure an embattled Israels future, the Mossad has been responsible for the most audacious and thrilling feats of espionage, counterterrorism, and assassination ever ventured. Gordon Thomass 1999 publication of Gideons Spies, resulting from closed-door interviews with Mossad agents, informants, and spymasters, and drawing from classified documents and top-secret sources, revealed previously untold truths about the Israeli intelligence agency. And now, in this fourth edition, Thomas updates his classic text and shows a Mossad as it has historically been: brilliant, ruthless, and flawed, but ultimately awesome. Six all-new chapters and updated appendices and glossaries examine:
*The London bombings: the untold full story of Mossads involvement *Mossads key role in the G8 Summit in Scotland *How Mossad discovered that by June 2005 Al Qaeda had acquired fissionable material from Pakistan and former Soviet Union Islamic Republics *Secret phone calls to Washington that led to Tony Blair changing his position over war with Iraq *WMD and Libya, North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, China, and the House of Saud *The mega spy in the Bush and Clinton administrations *The PLO, Fatah, and Hamas * The technology wars, and North Koreas bird-flu war games and “ethnic bombs” *The Chinese involvement in the Los Alamos fiasco Gordon Thomas is the author of some thirty-seven books published internationally, several of which have dealt with various aspects of the intelligence world. Created in 1951 to ensure the future of an embattled Israel, the Mossad has been responsible for many of the most audacious and thrilling feats of espionage, counterterrorism, and assassination ever ventured. The initial 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. Now, in this updated edition, Thomas's classic text gives readers an even better understanding of the Mossad as it truly existsbrilliant, ruthless, awesome, yet flawed. Three all-new chapters cover such major topics as: The London bombings: the untold full story of Mossad's involvement Mossads key role in the G8 Summit in Scotland How Mossad discovered that by June 2005 Al Qaeda had acquired fissionable material from Pakistan and former Soviet Union Islamic Republics Secret phone calls to Washington that led to Tony Blair changing his position over war with Iraq WMD and Libya, North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, China, and the House of Saud The mega spy in the Bush and Clinton administrations The PLO, Fatah, and Hamas The technology wars, and North Koreas bird-flu war games and "ethnic bombs" The Chinese involvement in the Los Alamos fiasco "One of the few books that has captured the true nature of the Israeli government and the thought process of the Israeli power elite."Ari Ben-Menashe, former adviser on intelligence to Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and the Israeli government "Thomas handles highly dramatic material with clarity and impact."The Washington Post Book World "A fascinating look at a spy organization that has remained off-limits to most journalists. Some of the incredible episodes Gordon Thomas writes about seem like they belong in fiction, and yet this is a first-rate nonfiction account."GQ "This is an anecdote-rich . . . series of tales about the extraordinary derring-do of Israel's vaunted elite foreign intelligence service."Kirkus Reviews "Thomas, author of 37 books, reveals the details of such Mossad operations as the kidnapping of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina in 1960, the Jonathan Pollard affair, a case of trafficking in the deadly plutonium-239, the assassination of Abu Jihad and other Arab terrorists, the rescue of hostages being held by hijackers at Entebbe Airport in Uganda in 1976, Mossad's part in the investigation of the downing of Pan Am Flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, and its role in the investigation of the attempt on Pope John Paul's life in St. Peter's Square in 1981. Thomas meticulously documents the shadowy world of spies and covert operations."Booklist "Thomas, a prolific author of fiction and nonfiction on espionage and international security, has pieced together a book based largely on interviews with people both inside and outside the Mossad, as well as from other international intelligence agencies. Each chapter examines a particular action, operation, or political crisis and offers an entertaining and heavily anecdotal account. Thomas has a winner here."Library Journal Synopsis:The authoritative examination of the Mossad---now updated for 2007
Created in 1951 to ensure an embattled Israels future, the Mossad has been responsible for the most audacious and thrilling feats of espionage, counterterrorism, and assassination ever ventured. Gordon Thomass 1999 publication of Gideons Spies, resulting from closed-door interviews with Mossad agents, informants, and spymasters, and drawing from classified documents and top-secret sources, revealed previously untold truths about the Israeli intelligence agency. And now, in this fourth edition, Thomas updates his classic text and shows a Mossad as it has historically been: brilliant, ruthless, and flawed, but ultimately awesome. Six all-new chapters and updated appendices and glossaries examine:
*The London bombings: the untold full story of Mossads involvement *Mossads key role in the G8 Summit in Scotland *How Mossad discovered that by June 2005 Al Qaeda had acquired fissionable material from Pakistan and former Soviet Union Islamic Republics *Secret phone calls to Washington that led to Tony Blair changing his position over war with Iraq *WMD and Libya, North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, China, and the House of Saud *The mega spy in the Bush and Clinton administrations *The PLO, Fatah, and Hamas * The technology wars, and North Koreas bird-flu war games and “ethnic bombs” *The Chinese involvement in the Los Alamos fiasco
Praise for Gideons Spies “One of the few books that have captured the true nature of the Israeli government and the...Israeli power elite.”--Ari Ben-Menashe, former intelligence adviser to Yitzhak Shamir
“A fascinating look at a spy organization that has remained off limits to most journalists. The incredible episodes Thomas writes about seem like they belong in fiction, and yet this is a first-rate nonfiction account.”--GQ
“Thomas handles highly dramatic material with clarity and impact.”--The Washington Post Book World
“An anecdote-rich series of tales about the extraordinary derring-do of Israels vaunted elite foreign intelligence service.”--Kirkus Reviews
“Tells it like it was--and like it is.”--Meir Amit, former Director General of Mossad Synopsis:Created in 1951 to ensure an embattled Israel's future, 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, and drawing from classified documents and top-secret sources, revealed previously untold truths about the Israeli intelligence agency. And now, in this fourth edition, Thomas updates his classic text and shows a Mossad as it has historically been: brilliant, ruthless, and flawed, but ultimately awesome. Six all-new chapters and updated appendices and glossaries examine:
*The London bombings: the untold full story of Mossad's involvement *Mossad's key role in the G8 Summit in Scotland *How Mossad discovered that by June 2005 Al Qaeda had acquired fissionable material from Pakistan and former Soviet Union Islamic Republics *Secret phone calls to Washington that led to Tony Blair changing his position over war with Iraq *WMD and Libya, North Korea, Iran, Pakistan, China, and the House of Saud *The mega spy in the Bush and Clinton administrations *The PLO, Fatah, and Hamas * The technology wars, and North Korea's bird-flu war games and "ethnic bombs" *The Chinese involvement in the Los Alamos fiasco About the AuthorGordan Thomas is a bestselling author of forty books published worldwide, a number dealing with the intelligence world. His awards include the Citizens Commission for Human Rights Lifetime Achievement Award for Investigative Journalism, the Mark Twain Society Award for Reporting Excellence, and an Edgar Allan Poe Award for Investigation. He lives in Ireland. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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