Spies of No Country - Israel's Secret Agents at the Birth of the Mossad

"Wondrous . . . Compelling . . . Piercing." -The New York Times Book Review Award-winning writer Matti Friedman's tale of Israel's first spies has all the tropes of an espionage novel, including duplicity, betrayal, disguise, clandestine meetings, the bluff, and the double bluff-but it's all true.The four spies were young, Jewish, and born in Arab countries. In 1948, at the outbreak of war in Palestine, they went undercover in Beirut, spending two years running sabotage operations and sending crucial intelligence back home. It was dangerous work. Of the dozen members of their ragtag unit, five would be caught and executed-but the remainder would emerge as the nucleus of the Mossad, Israel's vaunted intelligence agency. Journalist and award-winning author Matti Friedman's masterfully told and meticulously researched tale of Israel's first spies reads like an espionage novel-but it's all true. Spies of No Country is about the slippery identities of these spies, but it's also about the complicated identity of Israel, a country that presents itself as Western but in fact has more citizens with Middle Eastern roots, just like the spies of this fascinating narrative.

Summary

Award-winning master storyteller Matti Friedman’s tale of Israel’s first spies has all the tropes of an espionage novel, including duplicity, betrayal, disguise, clandestine meetings, the bluff, and the double bluff—but it’s all true.

Product details

• Authors: Matti Friedman, Friedman Matti
• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781643750439
• ISBN: 978-1-64375-043-9
• No. of pages: 249
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 209 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Israel, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, Social and cultural history, Espionage & secret services, Espionage and secret services, Relating to Jewish people and groups