Synopses & Reviews
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. For the first time ever, resulting from closed-door interviews between the author and Mossad agents, informants, and spymasters, as well as classified documents and top-secret sources, the truth about the Mossad is about to be revealed. From the Mossad agent in the Clinton White House who enabled Israel to call the shots in the ongoing Middle East peace process to the nuclear secrets smuggled out of the U.S. and used to jump-start Israel's own atomic weapons program,
Gideon's Spies reveals the Mossad as it truly is: brilliant, ruthless, flawed, but ultimately awesome.
Review
"This is an anecdote-rich . . . series of tales about the extraordinary derring-do of Israel's vaunted elite foreign intelligence service. {A} fun read . . . containing much juicy ready-for-film-adaptation material."--
Kirkus Reviews"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
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-369) and index.
About the Author
Gordon Thomas is the author of thirty-seven books published worldwide, several of which have dealt with various aspects of the intelligence world.