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Mossad

The Great Operations

By: Michael Bar-Zohar,Nissim Mishal

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Mossad

The Great Operations

By: Michael Bar-Zohar,Nissim Mishal

The secrets behind Mossad, the world’s most respected and enigmatic Secret Service Organization This book tells what should have been known and isn't - that Israel's hidden force is as formidable as its recognised physical strength. - Shimon Peres, President of Israel Mossad vividly brings alive a boots-on-the-ground approach to the most dangerous missions of the 60-year history of the world-renowned security agency including: the capture of Eichmann in Argentina and smuggling him out of Buenos Aires as an El Al crewman, the eradication of Black September, the destruction of the Syrian nuclear facility and the elimination of key Iranian nuclear scientists. Mossad also reveals in dramatic detail how Israelis purloined the text of Kruschchev’s secret speech denouncing Stalin’s atrocities, and follows the career of Meir Dagan from his ‘James Bond’ days as an Israeli commando through his memorable career as head of Mossad.

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Random House Australia

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1742756271

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The Titans of the Twentieth Century

How They Made History and the History They Made

By: Michael Mandelbaum

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The Titans of the Twentieth Century

How They Made History and the History They Made

By: Michael Mandelbaum

An engaging and original historical portrait of eight of the most influential political figures of the twentieth century: Woodrow Wilson, Lenin, Hitler, Churchill, FDR, Gandhi, David Ben-Gurion, and Mao. The Titans of the Twentieth Century addresses an age-old question: what is the impact of individuals on history? The first half of the twentieth century offered political leaders enormous scope for changing the world. This book consists of essays about eight who, for better and for worse, did just that. Woodrow Wilson had a vision for a cooperative world order that failed after the First World War but gained in influence after the Second. Vladimir Ilich Lenin founded the totalitarian communist political system that controlled a large part of the planet for much of the twentieth century. Adolf Hitler started history's worst war and presided over history's worst atrocity, the Holocaust. Winston Churchill provided inspiring leadership to Great Britain, which made it possible to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II. Franklin D. Roosevelt steered the United States through the Great Depression and the Second World War. Mohandas Gandhi led the movement, and developed the philosophy of non-violence, that ended British rule in South Asia, paving the way for the end of empires throughout Asia and Africa. David Ben-Gurion led the miraculous restoration of Jewish sovereignty in the Holy Land. Mao Zedong, imposed totalitarian communist rule on China and became history's most egregious mass murderer. Individually, each chapter offers fresh and often surprising portraits of the twentieth century's titans. Collectively, the essays present a vivid and revealing portrait of a turbulent half-century that shaped the world of today.

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Oxford University Press

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0197782493

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Mossad

The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

By: Michael Bar-Zohar,Nissim Mishal

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Mossad

The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service

By: Michael Bar-Zohar,Nissim Mishal

This book tells what should have been known and isn't—that Israel's hidden force is as formidable as its recognized physical strength." — Israeli President Shimon Peres For decades, Israel's renowned security arm, the Mossad, has been widely recognized as the best intelligence service in the world. In Mossad, authors Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions in the agency's 60-year history. These are real Mission: Impossible true stories brimming with high-octane action—from the breathtaking capture of Nazi executioner Adolph Eichmann to the recent elimination of key Iranian nuclear scientists. Anyone who is fascinated by the world of international espionage, intelligence, and covert "Black-Ops" warfare will find Mossad electrifying reading. Mossad unveils the defining and most dangerous operations, unknown heroes, and mysterious agents of the world's most respected—and most enigmatic—intelligence service. Here are the thrilling stories of daring top secret missions, including the capture of Adolf Eichmann, the eradication of Black September, the destruction of the Syrian nuclear facility, and the elimination of key Iranian nuclear scientists. Drawn from intensive research and exclusive interviews with Israeli leaders and Mossad operatives, this riveting history brings to life the brave agents, deadly villains, and major battlegrounds that have shaped Israel and the world at large for more than sixty years.

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Harper Collins

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0062123440

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Yaacov Herzog

A Biography

By: Michael Bar-Zohar

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Yaacov Herzog

A Biography

By: Michael Bar-Zohar

On 24 September 1963, Yaacov Herzog arrived for an appointment at a London clinic. He was not there to see the doctor, but "Charles" – the pseudonym of King Hussein of Jordan. These secret meetings continued for nine years, during which time Herzog also covertly negotiated a agreement with the Imam of Yemen during that country's civil war, wove a web of contacts with Lebanon's Christian community, and met other world leaders. A rabbi, erudite scholar, and gifted diplomat, Herzog was one of the shining stars in Israel's leadership. He served as a close advisor to four Israeli prime ministers, and was ambassador to Canada. Herzog became best known for his public debate with renowned British historian Professor Arnold Toynbee, who had described the Jews as a "fossilized" nation and compared Israel's military actions against Palestinians to Nazi atrocities. Herzog immediately invited Toynbee to a public debate, reminiscent of medieval debates between Jewish and Christian scholars. Herzog's performance bested Toynbee and won international accolades.

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Halban Publishers

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1905559860

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No Mission Is Impossible

The Death-Defying Missions of the Israeli Special Forces

By: Michael Bar-Zohar,Nissim Mishal

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No Mission Is Impossible

The Death-Defying Missions of the Israeli Special Forces

By: Michael Bar-Zohar,Nissim Mishal

A riveting follow-up to Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal’s account of the most memorable missions of the Mossad, No Mission Is Impossible sheds light on some of the most harrowing, nail-biting operations of the Israeli Special Forces. In No Mission Is Impossible, Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal depict in electrifying detail major battles, raids in enemy territory, and the death- defying commando missions of the Israeli Special Forces. The stories are often of victories, but sometimes also of immense failures, and they run side by side with the accounts of the lives and accomplishments of some of Israel’s most prominent figures. Captivating and eye-opening, No Mission Is Impossible is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how these crucial missions shaped Israel, and the world at large.

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0062379011

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Dynamics of the Arab-Israel Conflict

Past and Present: Intellectual Odyssey II

By: Michael Brecher

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Dynamics of the Arab-Israel Conflict

Past and Present: Intellectual Odyssey II

By: Michael Brecher

This book comprises findings from the author's wide-ranging research since 1948 on the unresolved Arab/Israel protracted conflict. Brecher reflects back on his detailed analysis of the UN Commission created in November 1947, and his near-seven decades of research and publications on this complex protracted conflict continued since the first of nine Arab/Israeli wars. The book includes an analysis of the crucial early phase of the unresolved struggle for control of Jerusalem in 1948-49 and beyond, based on extensive interviews with Israel’s leaders and prominent Egyptian senior officials, journalists and academics. It addresses the many diverse attempts at conflict resolution, including a peace plan to resolve the Arab/Israel conflict of the author's own design. It concludes with historical reflections about Israel’s behavior, domestically and externally, in 1948-1949 and 2008 and beyond. No other book on this protracted conflict contains so many important interviews with the first two generations of Israeli leaders and Egyptian officials and academics, and no other author can speak from such a deep and prolonged engagement.

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Springer

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3319475754

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9783319475752

The Israeli-American Connection

Its Roots in the Yishuv, 1914-1945

By: Michael G. Brown,Michael Brown

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The Israeli-American Connection

Its Roots in the Yishuv, 1914-1945

By: Michael G. Brown,Michael Brown

The Israeli-American Connection examines the ways in which the American experience influenced some of the major leaders of the yishuv, the Jewish settlement in Palestine, during and between the world wars. In six biographical chapters, Michael Brown studies Vladimir Jabotinsky, Chaim Nahman Bialik, Berl Katznelson, Henrietta Szold, Golda Meir, and David Ben-Gurian, focusing on each leader's involvement with and image of America, as well as the impact of America on their lives and careers.

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Wayne State University Press

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081432536X

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9780814325360

The Origins of the Second Arab-Israel War

Egypt, Israel and the Great Powers, 1952-56

By: Michael B. Oren

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The Origins of the Second Arab-Israel War

Egypt, Israel and the Great Powers, 1952-56

By: Michael B. Oren

This book represents the first scholarly examination of the origins of the 1956 Sinai campaign between Egypt and Israel. Utilising a wide range of primary sources, the study analyses the reasons for the breakdown of the Armistice Agreement between Egypt and Israel and the failure of efforts to mediate a peace accord.

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Routledge

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1135189420

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The Semiotics of Israeli Space and Time

By: Michael Feige

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The Semiotics of Israeli Space and Time

By: Michael Feige

Analyses by the Israeli sociologist Michael Feige embraced every aspect of the State of Israel. He examined the ever-changing and complex identity of Israelis; how they remember and commemorate themselves; the long- and short-term conceptions of time of the left- and right-wing political movements; the spacial concept of the settlers; myths underlying the lives and deaths of its citizens; and the dialectical vicissitudes of the real and imagined Israel. The book contains material from Professor Feiges literary output, contextualized in an Introduction by David Ohana. Chapters delve into the meaning of Israeli signs and symbols; the semiotics of secular spaces (sites of disasters and graves of political and religious leaders); the semiotics of historical time and daily existence; forms of commemoration (of figures like David Ben-Gurion, Yitzhak Rabin, airforce pilots, a female settler and a peace activist). Feige scrutinized communities formed around political cells, the processes of fragmentation and globalization in Israel, the traumas and scars from the Yom Kippur War, the evacuation of settlements, and the killing of Yitzhak Rabin. Feiges scrutiny illuminated Israeli society in myriad ways. He was a sociologist among historians and a historian among sociologists, and internationally acknowledged as having an extraordinary ability to convey sociological meaning and structure to Israels radical political culture as expressed in its social actions and underlying mythology. Semiotics of Israeli Space and Time is not only an essential sociological toolbox for students and an historical masterpiece for the wider Israeli public to better understand the society to which they belong, but a commemorative volume to honour his life and work. Michael was murdered on 8 June 2016 when two Palestinian gunmen opened fire in the Sarona Market in Tel Aviv.

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Liverpool University Press

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1802071695

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9781802071696

An Impossible Friendship

David Ben-Gurion and Konrad Adenauer

By: Michael Borchard

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An Impossible Friendship

David Ben-Gurion and Konrad Adenauer

By: Michael Borchard

A striking piece of contemporary history David Ben Gurion and Konrad Adenauer stand as stalwarts of 20th-century politics, their legacies linked through German and Israeli history, revealing striking parallels. Despite ascending to the pinnacle of political power relatively late in life, both emerge as architects of a new statehood for their respective nations, carrying out pioneering work both domestically and on the diplomatic stage. Their bond deepens into friendship although they only met face-to-face on two occasions. Michael Borchard recounts the intertwined lives of Ben Gurion and Adenauer in parallel, illuminating their seemingly impossible friendship and prompting reflection on the contemporary lessons that can be derived from these two towering figures. With a foreword by grandsons Yariv Ben-Elieser and Konrad Adenauer. Erste englischsprachige Übersetzung Ein wichtiger Teil der deutsch-israelischen Geschichte Politisch und gesellschaftlich bis heute höchst relevante Doppelbiografie

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Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH

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3641328179

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9783641328177

Brothers

A Novel

By: Michael Bar-Zohar

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Brothers

A Novel

By: Michael Bar-Zohar

All the action one could desire...A tightly organized look back at the cold war and the chilling amorality of two of its leading players--the KGB and the CIA...A deft piece of work." --The New York Times Book Review "SPELLBINDING...Fast-paced and intricate, BROTHERS is full of suspense." --The Indianapolis Star Family tragedy exiles one brother to America and holds one in Russia. Alexander is raised Jewish and becomes a distinguished scholar of Russian studies. Dimitri grows up in a Soviet orphanage, where, trained to be the perfect communist, he strives to become a high-level KGB operative. It is only a matter of time before he draws the brother he never knew, the brother he hates more than anyone on earth, into the dangerous game of espionage. Through the height of the cold war, Dimitri and Alex fight on opposite sides. Their hatred for each other explodes into acts of terrorism, assassination, and betrayal. From Afghanistan to Rome, in Moscow, Paris, Washington, and New York, with boundless will and ruthless determination, the two brothers battle to destroy each other, until a shocking revelation changes their lives forever.... "AN EXCELLENT NOVEL OF EPIC PROPORTION." --Houston Chronicle "A TANTALIZING SETUP...A STUNNING FINALE." --Publishers Weekly "From the Paperback edition.

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Fawcett

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044990511X

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9780449905111

The Bomb in the Basement

How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World

By: Michael Karpin

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The Bomb in the Basement

How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World

By: Michael Karpin

Significant change took place when President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger adopted a new strategy.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743265955

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9780743265959

Decisions in Crisis

Israel, 1967 and 1973

By: Michael Brecher

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Decisions in Crisis

Israel, 1967 and 1973

By: Michael Brecher

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1980.

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Univ of California Press

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0520328116

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Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence

By: Michael A. Turner

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Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence

By: Michael A. Turner

While the United States has had some kind of intelligence capability throughout its history, its intelligence apparatus is young, dating only to the period immediately after World War II. Yet, in that short a time, it has undergone enormous changes—from the labor-intensive espionage and covert action establishment of the 1950s to a modern enterprise that relies heavily on electronic data, technology, satellites, airborne collection platforms, and unmanned aerial vehicles, to name a few. This second edition covers the history of United States intelligence, and includes several key features: Chronology Introductory essay Appendixes Bibliography Over 600 cross-referenced entries on key events, issues, people, operations, laws, regulations This book is an excellent access point for members of the intelligence community; students, scholars, and historians; legal experts; and general readers wanting to know more about the history of U.S. intelligence.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0810878909

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9780810878907

Fighting World War Three from the Middle East

Allied Contingency Plans, 1945-1954

By: Michael J. Cohen

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Fighting World War Three from the Middle East

Allied Contingency Plans, 1945-1954

By: Michael J. Cohen

This description of Allied contingency plans for military operations in the Middle East - in the event of conflict with the Soviet Union - argues that diplomatic events and crises in the Middle East in 1945-55 are understandable only in the context of assets sought by the Allies in that region.

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Routledge

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1136246991

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9781136246999

Palestine and the Great Powers, 1945-1948

By: Michael J. Cohen

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Palestine and the Great Powers, 1945-1948

By: Michael J. Cohen

Cohen examines the struggle leading to the creation of the state of Israel, placing British evacuation of Palestine in the context of Britain's postwar weakness. The author describes the policies and character of each of the major actors in his story--Bevin. Truman. Ben-Gurion, and the Mufti of Jerusalem. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400853575

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9781400853571

Simulation in Aviation Training

By: Florian Jentsch,Michael Curtis

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Simulation in Aviation Training

By: Florian Jentsch,Michael Curtis

Simulations have been a fixture of aviation training for many years. Advances in simulator technology now enable modern flight simulation to mimic very closely the look and feel of real world flight operations. In spite of this, responsible researchers, trainers, and simulation developers should look beyond mere simulator fidelity to produce meaningful training outcomes. Optimal simulation training development can unquestionably benefit from knowledge and understanding of past, present, and future research in this topic area. As a result, this volume of key writings is invaluable as a reference, to help guide exploration of critical research in the field. By providing a mix of classic articles that stand the test of time, and recent writings that illuminate current issues, this volume informs a broad range of topics relevant to simulation training in aviation.

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879

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Routledge

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1351900013

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9781351900010

The Unknown Soldier

By: Michael Hastings

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The Unknown Soldier

By: Michael Hastings

The explosive issue of Vietnam has spawned a breathtaking novel, a thriller that captures all the intrigue and agony of the fateful conflict still on America's mind. The U.S. government is about to bury the Unknown Soldier, but one man questions the Pentagon's priorities and launches his own investigation.

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Fawcett

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0449132595

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9780449132593

Yaacov Herzog

A Biography

By: Michael Bar-Zohar

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Yaacov Herzog

A Biography

By: Michael Bar-Zohar

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