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Michael Bar-Zohar is an Israeli-born writer of Bulgarian ancestry. A former member of the Israeli Knesset, he lectures widely for the United Jewish Appeal Federation and teaches at Emory University. He has appeared on many television programs, including Larry King Live and Nightline. Mr. Bar-Zohar show more divides his time between Israel and the United States show less

Works by Michael Bar-Zohar

Ben-Gurion: A biography (1986) 105 copies
The hunt for German scientists (1965) 37 copies, 1 review
The Enigma (1978) 37 copies, 3 reviews
Shimon Peres: The Biography (2007) 29 copies
The Third Truth (1973) 27 copies
The Secret List of Heinrich Roehm (1976) 26 copies, 2 reviews
The avengers (1968) 25 copies
Brothers (1992) 17 copies
Enigma [1982 film] (1983) — Writer — 14 copies, 2 reviews
The Phantom Conspiracy (1980) 12 copies, 1 review
To Be A Free People: The Saga Of Israel (2005) 11 copies, 1 review
The Deadly Document (1979) 8 copies
The spy who died twice (1975) 8 copies
Double Cross (1982) 8 copies
Enigma Sacrifice (1978) 4 copies
Ein Spion kehrt zurück (1990) 4 copies
מרגל בחורף (2013) 2 copies
Le Complot (1982) 2 copies
ארץ מולדת (2004) 1 copy
הממונה 1 copy
La troisième vérité (1977) 1 copy
Charged with Murder (2021) 1 copy
Perfume Amargo (1997) 1 copy

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29 reviews
***.5

The authors are plainly huge fans of the Mossad, and delight in relating the daring tales of spycraft, espionage, assassinations, sabotage, and other secret operations. While they don't refrain from pointing out the mistakes made in botched missions and other operational failures, they never question the validity or usefulness of extrajudicial killings.

What really comes across is the brazen arrogance of both the agents and handlers, as they
gallivant around the world, spending millions show more if not billions of shekels with questionable results, leaving a trail of bodies and diplomatic wreckage in their wake. show less
Cartea prezintă numeroase operațiuni celebre de comando, dar fiecare expediată în câteva pagini (format foarte mic), prea pe repede înainte și atât superficial, cât și deseori incoerent. Se simte că autorii sunt soldați, nu scriitori sau jurnaliști, din moment ce nu reușesc deloc să distingă ce e important ca informație și ce nu. Drept urmare, lipsesc adesea elemente vitale de context și suntem inundați cu detalii absolut irelevante. Traducerea foarte proastă nu ajută show more deloc și acest aspect mă enervează tot mai tare la editurile românești, sincer să fiu. Nici eu, care de fapt le știam deja foarte bine (operațiunile), nu am rămas cu nimic. Fast food, nu recomand. show less
This is a highly enjoyable spy thriller set in the times of World War 2. It has all the ingredients that make a fun thriller - colourful characters and fast action, put together with some fine twists. My only complaint is that this book is way too short; it could easily have been of twice the size with no loss of fun. I liked it a lot, in spite of the few unbelievable sequences and the shortness.
Narración de las principales (=más espectaculares) misiones del Mossad a lo largo de su historia, desde una perspectiva no ya pro-Mossad, sino ciegamente proisraelí. Los protagonistas de las historias son siempre descritos como gente capaz, competente, fiera, gallarda y abnegada. Los enemigos sólo son descritos por los efectos dañinos para Israel de sus acciones.
El libro es muy interesante y cuenta un montón de historias sobre los métodos de operación del Mossad, que es una leyenda show more entre los servicios secretos. Hay historias como la evacuación de los miles de judíos de Etiopía que son fantásticas, y otras como el sabotaje sistemático del plan nueclar iraní que aún no han acabado pero que ya nos han dejado varias veces con la boca abierta (el autor no habla mucho de Stuxnet, pero léanlo, se lo recomiendo).
En resumen, una lectura interesante aunque demasiado salpicada por las loas y alabanzas al objeto que describe. Pero interesante sin ninguna duda.
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