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title: "Two books about Mossad"
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After finishing two quite different books on the history of the Israeli intelligence agency 
Mossad I will provide my impressions of the books and outline their differences and strengths.

## Mossad: The Great Operations of Israel's Secret Service

[Mossad: The Great Operations of Israel's Secret Service](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mossad-Operations-Israels-Secret-Service/dp/1849549397) is written by the authors [<NAME>](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bar-Zohar) and [<NAME>](https://www.harpercollins.com/author/cr-105735/nissim-mishal/).
The book explains the most famous Mossad operations since it's beginning with 
each chapter explaining an impressive operation.
The goal from the authors seems to be to provide the reader with an enjoyable
 read rather than a deep understanding of how Mossad operates.

The book do provide an enjoyable introduction to one of the worlds most 
pro-active spy-agency but neutrality of the authors cannot be expected 
and its almost only the good parts of the agencies history that has been
 put into writing.

## Rise and Kill First - The secret history of Israels targeted assasinations

The book [Rise and <commit_msg>Post update<commit_after>---
layout: post
title: "Two books about Mossad"
date: 2018-11-24
comments: true
categories:
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After finishing two quite different books on the history of the Israeli intelligence agency 
Mossad I will provide my impressions of the books and outline their differences and strengths.

## Mossad: The Great Operations of Israel's Secret Service

[Mossad: The Great Operations of Israel's Secret Service](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mossad-Operations-Israels-Secret-Service/dp/1849549397) is written by the authors [<NAME>](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bar-Zohar) and [<NAME>](https://www.harpercollins.com/author/cr-105735/nissim-mishal/).
The book explains the most famous Mossad operations since it's beginning with 
each chapter explaining an impressive operation.
The goal from the authors seems to be to provide the reader with an enjoyable
 read rather than a deep understanding of how Mossad operates and the politics 
behind it.

The book do provide an enjoyable introduction to one of the worlds most 
pro-active spy-agency but neutrality of the authors cannot be expected 
and its almost only the good parts of the agencies history that has been
 put into writing.

## Rise and Kill First - The secret history of Israels targeted assasinations

The book [Rise and 
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