Mossad. Le guerre segrete di Israele

Lots of excellent detail as I gather more history with which to shape my characters actions.

Only read this if you truly just want information pertaining to the history of the Israeli Secret Services: Shin-Bet, Aman and Mossad. The book is a wealth of historical information, but no direct story line.

Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services was a required reading during my studies in RSIS for the Intelligence and National Security Module (S6206). The book was first published back in 1991 but revised in 1994 to include intelligence operations that happened during Operatio Leggi tutto

More complete than readable. But it's incredibly complete. If you know what you're looking for, the index will lead you right. If you don't, it's a sea of information without a particular narrative or thesis.

(3 and a 1/2) This book was incredibly informative, but it assumes you have detailed knowledge of the politics of the Middle East. It does explain context as much as I would have liked, but I do recognize it's focus is on Isreal's secret service organizations. While this may be expected, it has a bi Leggi tutto

Great overview of secret services operations, blunders and success. Every same as The Righteous Victims by same author gives deep insight on how each event unfolded and the reasoning behind each decision.

decent read. the writing can seem a little dry, and the book itself is over 30 years old now, so it’s a bit outdated. would be interesting to see a more recent version of this.

Be ready to get lost in a sea of information. An over load of various operations involving Shin Bet, Aman & Mossad. Ian Black even touched down on the political aspects briefly. I started reading it without much knowledge on the background on the political struggle that lead to the creation of Israel Leggi tutto