Mossad: The Greatest Missions Of The Israeli Secret Service (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
I enjoyed this book and fond it interesting. It lost one star for narrative issues. The stories tend to jump around a lot for no particular reason. It lost another start for bias. I appreciate that this book has a point of view, and I knew that going it. However, there is absolutely no critical examination of the morality of some of these missions, nor the conduct of those carrying them out. It's important to do that to add credibility to the book. I have two problems with this book. The first one is that it's way too James Bond-y, it's not an objective book at all, it sensationalizes the "missions" to the extent where you just feel a lot of things are made up. Yes, the gist of the stories might be true, but too many descriptions of who felt what and who thought what and who whispered what make it look like a work of fiction straight out of the author's mind. The second problem is the hypocrisy of this book! At the end of the day, let's not forget that these are people who work as hired killers and I don't care how you spin it to make it look like they're protecting the greater good of the "nation of jews", they still remain criminals who roam the world to murder others, with complete disregard to the judiciary system.
What do You think about Mossad: The Greatest Missions Of The Israeli Secret Service (2012)?
fun read. it didn't feel like non-fiction. but it would've been better if there were more details.
—sheetal
Fascinating book! Couldn't put it down. Reads like a spy novel
—lpee
