Rise and kill first the secret history of israel s targeted assassinations
Rubriek: Textual/Printed/Reference Materials - Boek
Prijs: € 13.21
Verzending: Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis
Inhoudsopgave:
Omschrijving:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDFs targeted killing programs, hailed by The New York Times as an exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject.
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD IN HISTORY
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY JENNIFER SZALAI, THE NEW YORK TIMES NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Economist The New York Times Book Review BBC History Magazine Mother Jones Kirkus Reviews
The Talmud says: If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first. This instinct to take every measure, even the most aggressive, to defend the Jewish people is hardwired into Israels DNA. From the very beginning of its statehood in 1948, protecting the nation from harm has been the responsibility of its intelligence community and armed services, and there is one weapon in their vast arsenal that they have relied upon to thwart the most serious threats: Targeted assassinations have been used countless times, on enemies large and small, sometimes in response to attacks against the Israeli people and sometimes preemptively.
In this page-turning, eye-opening book, journalist and military analyst Ronen Bergmanpraised by David Remnick as arguably [Israels] best investigative reporteroffers a riveting inside account of the targeted killing programs: their successes, their failures, and the moral and political price exacted on the men and women who approved and carried out the missions.
Bergman has gained the exceedingly rare cooperation of many current and former members of the Israeli government, including Prime Ministers Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak, Ariel Sharon, and Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as high-level figures in the countrys military and intelligence services: the IDF (Israel Defense Forces), the Mossad (the worlds most feared intelligence agency), Caesarea (a Mossad within the Mossad that carries out attacks on the highest-value targets), and the Shin Bet (an internal security service that implemented the largest targeted assassination campaign ever, in order to stop what had once appeared to be unstoppable: suicide terrorism).
Including never-before-reported, behind-the-curtain accounts of key operations, and based on hundreds of on-the-record interviews and thousands of files to which Bergman has gotten exclusive access over his decades of reporting, Rise and Kill First brings us deep into the heart of Israels most secret activities. Bergman traces, from statehood to the present, the gripping events and thorny ethical questions underlying Israels targeted killing campaign, which has shaped the Israeli nation, the Middle East, and the entire world.
A remarkable feat of fearless and responsible reporting . . . important, timely, and informative.John le Carré
- 1 Bekijk alle specificaties
Beste alternatieven voor u.
Rise and Kill First
Rating: 4.5 / 5 | Prijs: € 17.05
a remarkable feat of fearless and responsible reporting important timely and informative john le carr new york times bestseller the first definitive history of the mossad shin bet and the idf s targeted killing programs an economist book of the year a gripping investigation of israel s
Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO
Rise and Kill First
Rating: 4.7 / 5 | Prijs: € 26.95
A political and military analyst for israel s daily newspaper yedioth ahronoth presents an assessment of israel s state sponsored assassination programs that evaluates the protective beliefs that are instituted into every israeli citizen the role of assassination in the state s history and the et
Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 uur besteld, donderdag in huis .. MEER INFO
|