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

Ostrovsky, Victor; Hoy, Claire

ISBN 10: 0312056133 / ISBN 13: 9780312056131

Published by St Martins Press, 1990

dustjacket has several tears at edges. Seller Inventory # 2110

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"
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Bibliographic Details

Title: By Way of Deception - The Making and ...
Publisher: St Martins Press
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
Edition: 1st Edition