- Hardcover: 371 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press (1990)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312056133
- ISBN-13: 978-0312056131
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 16 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 680 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#48,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #26 in Books > History > Military > Intelligence & Espionage
- #62 in Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Political Science > Levels of Government
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Product Description
From Library Journal
Intelligence agencies should never try to ban books about themselves. Like Peter Wright's Spycatcher (Penguin USA, 1987), which was suppressed in Britain , this book on Israel's legendary spy organization by a former Mossad katsa or case officer has ended up on the New York Times best seller list. Among the controversial revelations that led Israel to seek a ban (which was quickly overturned in the United States and Canada) is Ostrovsky's charge that the Mossad refused to share knowledge of a planned suicide mission in Beirut, resulting in the deaths of 241 U.S. Marines in 1983. Another New York Times best seller, Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman's Every Spy a Prince ( LJ 7/90), provides more reliable details on Israel's spy network.
- Wilda Wil liams, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Wilda Wil liams, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
In this expose of the Israeli spy organization, ex-agent Victor Ostrovsky presents an insider's view of two decades of the Mossad's covert activities around the world. Amidst revelations of international political scandals, he gives an account of the scope and depth of the Mossad's influence, including the rearing and training of Jewish communities in the USA, Europe and South America in secret "self-defence" units. He also offers evidence of the organization's use of the drugs trade in order to pay the enormous costs of its far-flung clandestine operations, and portrays a network that has grown dangerously out of control, as internal squabbles have led to terrorist escapes and the pursuit of "policies" at odds with the interests of the state of Israel.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Essential reading,
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This review is from: By Way of Deception: The Making of a Mossad Officer (Paperback)
This book and its sequel should be essential reading for every American, especially now with American sons and daughters coming home in body bags from Iraq.The sequel to this book, The Other Side of Deception, was published over 10 years ago. What it reveals is stunning when compared to current events. And deeply disturbing. However, you must read the first book first to fully appreciate the second book. I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of negative reviews of this book were not the work of some of his former colleagues, or 'ordinary' citizens engaged to write for them. Any astute and extraordinarily well-read person can determine that the facts Ostrovsky states about various operations in his book have the definite ring of truth about them. They can be verified with contemporaneous news accounts, available now on microfiche at any large American library that houses world newspapers. I lived in NYC while most of the events he describes were going on, and kept up daily with a broad variety of news sources worldwide. I was front and center when these stories broke. Ostrovsky's account fills in the nagging questions the various accounts presented at the time, and confirm what I was hearing under the table as suspicions from our intelligence sources.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Scattered information about the Mossad,
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This review is from: By Way of Deception: The Making of a Mossad Officer (Paperback)
I read this book 10 years ago for the first time, and read it again about year ago. After the second read I realized that the author combined interesting factual information with personal complaints. I also wonder how he was supposedly privy to so much detailed information on the various operatives.All bickering aside, this is an interesting book that will take you through his training, to his real life assignments.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Insightful look at Mossad,
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This review is from: By Way of Deception: The Making of a Mossad Officer (Paperback)
Highly recommend this book. He covers a lot in this book and most importantly how the intelligence agency commonly use False Flag operations. Operations committed by Mossad, but which are made to look as though they come from Palestinians or Arab militants, with the result that they and not Mossad gets the blame in the media. This is used over and over in todays wars, but never gets a mention in the media, nor in the analysis of events by political commentators. After reading this book, I now always ask myself the question as to who benefits, when an events happen. The one who benefits the most is most likely the culprit.
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