The part of the world that Israel, Palestine and Syria belong to, has been the subject of much bloodshed, political turmoils and debates for the better part of the last decade or so. The affairs pertaining to these countries and their perennial conflict is nothing short of a spy fiction. Sadly though, for the people living in these countries, the fiction is but only real.
Mossad - The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service, makes an attempt to give an inside view of some the of the most secretive and dangerous ops that the much dreaded Israeli Secret Service has undertaken over the years. We have known a few of these cases only as headlines in our news but this books dares to unravel some of the gruesome and horrifying details behind these headlines.
Let this be made clear that neither do I support or endorse the violence that has been committed by Mossad nor do I acknowledge the righteousness claim to Mossad for taking an eye - for -an - eye kind of stand, as my understanding of these conflicts is quite shallow and incomplete to make a fair judgement. The book, however, definitely takes a self righteous position on the violence and killings and justifies the actions all the time.
Keeping the above baggage apart, this book is nothing short of an absolute bone-chilling-page-turner spy thriller. What makes you shudder even more is the thought that all of the things mentioned in the book actually happened with real people involved. Very well compiled and written in a fast paced style, this book is hard to put down if you have even the slightest of interest in the affairs of these countries or spy genre. Like it or not, want it or not, you can not escape the gradual appreciation for Mossad, as an agency, sometimes unbelievable but sheer brilliance of their ops and most of all the fearless attitude of its agents brimming up to the point of being on a perpetual suicide mission, as you end the book.
If you can distance yourself away from the right-wrong or the truth-fiction debate and remain objective, then this book is an extremely engaging read that does give some understanding into the intrigue surrounding this part of the world, albeit a one sided view at best.
Mossad - The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service, makes an attempt to give an inside view of some the of the most secretive and dangerous ops that the much dreaded Israeli Secret Service has undertaken over the years. We have known a few of these cases only as headlines in our news but this books dares to unravel some of the gruesome and horrifying details behind these headlines.
Let this be made clear that neither do I support or endorse the violence that has been committed by Mossad nor do I acknowledge the righteousness claim to Mossad for taking an eye - for -an - eye kind of stand, as my understanding of these conflicts is quite shallow and incomplete to make a fair judgement. The book, however, definitely takes a self righteous position on the violence and killings and justifies the actions all the time.
Keeping the above baggage apart, this book is nothing short of an absolute bone-chilling-page-turner spy thriller. What makes you shudder even more is the thought that all of the things mentioned in the book actually happened with real people involved. Very well compiled and written in a fast paced style, this book is hard to put down if you have even the slightest of interest in the affairs of these countries or spy genre. Like it or not, want it or not, you can not escape the gradual appreciation for Mossad, as an agency, sometimes unbelievable but sheer brilliance of their ops and most of all the fearless attitude of its agents brimming up to the point of being on a perpetual suicide mission, as you end the book.
If you can distance yourself away from the right-wrong or the truth-fiction debate and remain objective, then this book is an extremely engaging read that does give some understanding into the intrigue surrounding this part of the world, albeit a one sided view at best.
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