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A Raid on the Red Sea The Israeli Capture of the Karine A / Amos Gilboa ; edited and translated by Yonah Jeremy Bob.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gilboa, Amos, author.
Contributor:
Bob, Yonah Jeremy, editor, translator.
Standardized Title:
Dramah ba-Yam ha-Adom. English
Language:
English
Hebrew
Subjects (All):
Israel. Ḥel-ha-yam. Shayeṭet 13.
Israel.
Karine A (Ship).
Military intelligence.
Illegal arms transfers.
Blockade.
Military intelligence--Israel.
Illegal arms transfers--Iran.
Blockade--Gaza Strip.
Iran.
Gaza Strip.
Israel--History, Naval--21st century.
Genre:
Naval history.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2021.
Summary:
""A Raid on the Red Sea" is a thrilling, real-life story of illigal gun-running in the Middle East. Recounting the most successful Israeli intelligence operation since the legendary Entebbe hostage rescue, Gen. Amos Gilboa gives the harrowing details for the first time of the secret, close working relations between Israeli and American intelligence in the seizure of the Karine A ship"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
The grand scheme and the ancient grudge
Picking up the trail
An intelligence coup
Enter the Americans
A moment of doubt
Operational preparations in high gear
Mission-ready overnight
A waiting game
The Karine A disappears
A stormy new plan
D-Day minus one
The vapture of the Karine A
The international tamifications
Epilogue : The operation's heroes
Appendix A: Key points in the Karine A story
Appendix B. The ship's capacity and weapons cargo
Appendix C. The Karine A crew and leading players.
Notes:
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-64012-444-6
1-64012-442-X
OCLC:
1242910210

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