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Rise and kill first : the secret history of Israel's targeted assassinations /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bergman, Ronen (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Other Authors: Hope, Ronnie (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:Text in English; translated from the Hebrew.
Published: New York : Random House, [2018]
Subjects:
Israel. > Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim.
Israel. > Sherut ha-biṭaḥon ha-kelali.
Israel. > Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel.
Targeted killing > Israel > History.
Israel > Politics and government.
Assassination.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • In blood and fire
  • A secret world is born
  • The bureau for arranging meetings with God
  • The entire Supreme Command, with one blow
  • "As if the sky were falling on our heads"
  • A series of catastrophes
  • "Armed struggle is the only way to liberate Palestine"
  • Meir Dagan and his expertise
  • The PLO goes international
  • "I have no problem with anyone that I've killed"
  • "Wrong identification of a target is not a failure. It's a mistake."
  • Hubris
  • Death in the toothpaste
  • A pack of wild dogs
  • "Abu Nidal, abu shmidal"
  • Black flag
  • The Shin Bet coup
  • Then came a spark
  • Intifada
  • Nebuchadnezzar
  • Green storm rising
  • The age of the drone
  • Mughniyeh's revenge
  • "Just one switch, off and on"
  • "Bring us the head of Ayyash"
  • "Sly as a snake, naïve as a little child"
  • A low point
  • All-out war
  • "More suicide bombers than explosive vests"
  • "The target has been eliminated, but the operation failed"
  • The rebellion in Unit 8200
  • Picking anemones
  • The radical front
  • Killing Maurice
  • Impressive tactical success, disastrous strategic failure.