Spies Against Armageddon

441 Pages·2012·2.18 MB·English

by  Dan Raviv

SPIES AGAINST
ARMAGEDDON
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NSIDE SRAEL S ECRET ARS
A D R Y M : B U : I ,
LSO BY AN AVIV AND OSSI ELMAN EHIND THE PRISING SRAELIS
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NTELLIGENCE VERY PY A RINCE
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SPIES AGAINST
ARMAGEDDON
I I ’ S W
NSIDE SRAEL S ECRET ARS
by Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman
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EVANT OOKS
Sea Cliff, New York
Copyright © 2012 by Dan Raviv and Yossi Melman All rights reserved. No part
of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without
written permission of the Publisher. Printed in the United States of America.
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EVANT OOKS
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ISBN: 978-0-9854378-4-8
Cover photo credits: Suspects in 2010 slaying of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh
(Dubai Police) Israeli F-15 jets (IDF Spokesperson) author photos by Emma
Raviv and Haim Taragan Cover design:
Tanya Nuchols (TanyaNucholsDesign.com) Layout and technical editor: Paul
Skolnick
TO THE MEMORY OF BENJAMIN RAVIV
TO THE MEMORY OF YITZHAK AND ANNA
MELMAN
TO CHERISHED DORI, JONATHAN AND EMMA
TO BELOVED BILLIE, YOTAM AND DARIA
CONTENTS
Prologue
1. Stopping Iran
2. Childhood Diseases
3. Strategic Alliance
4. From Warsaw With Love
5. Nuclear Maturity
6. Harel the Crusader
7. A Modern Mossad
8. Spying War on the Horizon
9. Meet the Neighbors
10. More than Vengeance
11. Forbidden Arms
12. Surprises of War and Peace
13. Jewish Intelligence
14. Northern Exposure
15. A New Enemy
16. Biological Penetration
17. Ambiguity and Monopoly
18. Spying on Friends
19. Coverups and Uprising
20. Hope and Despair
21. At The Front Together
22. Assassins
23. War, Near And Far
24. Enforcing Monopoly
25. Into the Future
Endnotes
Acknowledgments
KEY FIGURES IN ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE