Overview
Award-winning writer Matti Friedmanās tale of Israelās first spies has all the tropes of an espionage novel, including duplicity, betrayal, disguise, clandestine meetings, the bluff, and the double bluffābut itās all true.
Journalist and award-winning author Matti Friedmanās tale of Israelās first spies reads like an espionageĀ novel--but itās all true.Ā TheĀ four agents atĀ the center of this story were part of a ragtag unit known as theĀ Arab Section, conceived during World War II byĀ British spies and Jewish militiaĀ leaders in Palestine. Intended to gather intelligence and carry out sabotageĀ operations, the unit consisted of Jews who were native to the ArabĀ world and could thus easily assume ArabĀ identities.
InĀ 1948, with Israelās existence hanging in the balance, these men went undercoverĀ in Beirut, where theyĀ spent the next two years operating out of a newsstand,Ā collecting intelligence and sending messages back to IsraelĀ via a radio whoseĀ antenna was disguised as a clothesline. Of the dozen spies in the Arab SectionĀ at the warāsĀ outbreak, five were caught and executed. But in the end, the ArabĀ Section would emerge as the nucleus of theĀ Mossad, Israelās vauntedĀ intelligence agency.
Spies of NoĀ CountryĀ is about the slippery identities of these youngĀ spies, but itās also about theĀ complicated identity of Israel, a country thatĀ presents itself as Western but in fact has more citizens with Middle EasternĀ rootsĀ and traditions, like the spies of this narrative. Meticulously researchedĀ and masterfully told,Ā Spies ofĀ No CountryĀ isĀ an eye-opening look at the paradoxesĀ of the Middle East.
This book title, Spies of No Country (Israel's Secret Agents at the Birth of the Mossad) - 9781643750439, ISBN: 9781643750439, by Matti Friedman, published by Algonquin Books (February 4, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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