By Way of Deception : The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer

Victor Ostrovsky; Claire Hoy

ISBN 10: 0312056133 / ISBN 13: 9780312056131

Published by St Martins Pr, 1990

About this Item

Dust jacket in good condition. Fifth printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Foxing on the edges. Text is clear of markings and notations. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Seller Inventory # 1777565192

Bibliographic Details

• Title: By Way of Deception : The Making and Unmaking of a Mossad Officer
• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312056133
• ISBN 13: 9780312056131
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.56 pounds

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Synopsis

Criticizes Israel's spy agency, arguing it has helped drug traffickers in order to finance its operations, and acted in its own, rather than Israel's interest

Reviews

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"
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