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Operation Wrath of God : the secret history of European intelligence and Mossad's assassination campaign / Aviva Guttmann.
Van Pelt Library UB251.I78 G88 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guttmann, Aviva, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Israel. Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim.
- Israel.
- Munaẓẓamat Aylūl al-Aswad.
- Olympic Games--(20th : 1972 : Munich, Germany).
- Olympic Games.
- Intelligence service--Israel--History--20th century.
- Intelligence service.
- Intelligence service--Europe--History--20th century.
- Terrorism--Israel--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- Israelis--Violence against--Germany--Munich.
- Israelis.
- Israel--Foreign relations--Europe.
- Europe--Foreign relations--Israel.
- Europe.
- Intelligence service--History.
- Terrorism--Prevention.
- Germany.
- Germany--Munich Metropolitan Area.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Secret history of European intelligence and Mossad's assassination campaign
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "This unprecedented history of intelligence cooperation during the Cold War reveals the key role of European agencies in facilitating Mossad's Operation Wrath of God. Through unique access to unredacted sources, Aviva Guttmann uncovers a secret security order which operated independently of foreign policy constraints or public scrutiny"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Intelligence that kills
- Setting the scene
- Preparing the kill list
- A firing squad in Rome and four Black September attacks
- A bomb in Paris and two attacks in Bangkok and Rome
- Assassinations in Nicosia and Madrid, attacks in Jordan and Sudan
- A "battle of the spooks" in Paris, Beirut, Nicosia, and Rome
- A car bomb in Paris, a firing squad in DC, a thwarted attack near Vienna
- Lillehammer fiasco : official condemnation, covert approval
- Conclusion: A secret security order.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-328) and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781009503075
- 1009503073
- 9781009503037
- 1009503030
- OCLC:
- 1474234462
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000234989
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