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Mossad
- The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service
- Narrated by: Benjamin Isaac
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
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- Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Politics & Government
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Publisher's Summary
The Mossad is widely recognized today as the best intelligence service in the world. It is also the most enigmatic, shrouded in secrecy. In Mossad, authors MichaelBar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions in the agency's 60-year history. These are real Mission: Impossible true stories brimming with high-octane action - from the breathtaking capture of Nazi executioner Adolf Eichmann to the recent elimination of key Iranian nuclear scientists.
Anyone who is fascinated by the world of international espionage, intelligence, and covert black-ops warfare will find Mossad electrifying.
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- shashwat hota
- 18-12-21
Very engrossing and thrilling!
It is a must listen! Every chapter is a different story and every story will equally keep you glued in! My opinion is to listen to one chapter at a time so that you can enjoy it over a greater time period!
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- Vishwanath K.S
- 09-08-21
A very deep insight into the heroic achievements of Mossad, the Israeli spy agency.
A very deep insight into the heroic achievements of Mossad. I hope my countries spy agency is also as effective and ruthless as the Mossad and the government also supports them to the fullest. A gripping narration giving very deep insight in the functioning of Mossad.
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- jyoti
- 05-11-19
Fantastic stories, poor narration
I had read some chapters from this book earlier and loved the stories. enchanting adventures of modern spies, covet operations and what not... started this book with great enthusiasm and expectations. But sorry to say, narration is extremely poor. The narrator simply reads the text like reading out weather report. No voice modulations, no expressive sound tones nothing.. I got too bored in first few minutes. Still listened to first two chapters but could not continue. Finally returned it - unwillingly and unsatisfied.
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- Abdul Malik
- 19-12-21
Mindblowing
Loved the nareation of actual spy missions taken up by MOSSAD. The support from CIA made the Israel spy agency the most powerful & dreaded secret organization in the world.
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- Vignesh
- 22-01-21
Good brave stories
Gives a detailed look into the Mossad operations and their leaders , a well narrated audiobook.
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- Natarajan M.
- 20-11-19
Mossad audio book
Excellent book. Enjoyed every bit of it. The presenter did an excellent job. No excess emotion, just the right amount
Incredible effort!
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- Anonymous User
- 25-05-22
bone chilling
great book on a Great institution, the Mossad is known for its awe inspiring missions and intelligence. this book gives an account of what goes into making the Mossad great
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- Kindle Customer
- 30-03-22
quite insightful
quite insightful un the way a country puts in everything it has in it's disposal to safeguard itself from enemy countries and how it cares for its citizens living worldwide.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-01-22
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
"But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians" - Nelson Mandela.
At the outset, I salute Mossad Members and all Brave Jews for thier love and passion towards the Jewish community and the Jewish state. Hard to find a replacement for such commitment to protect one's faith and state.
The Jewish Persecution since thousands of years is beyond imagination, but Palestinian Prosecution since 70 yrs is not less.
That doesn't mean you can repeat the same with the country which gave you a shelter when there was no Mossad, No IDF and No Israel. Yes I'm talking about Palestinians, whom you kill everyday like how Hitler killed Jews in Germany.
Atleast Anne Frank had a pen and a Diary which showed her dismay. Thousands of Palestinians have no house to write their's before the bomb drops on their house.
That's what I call a real "Wrath of God"
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-01-22
fantastic
loved the way it is narrated, voice modulation was impressive, very much attentive and clear pronounsations
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- Andrew
- 30-04-16
maybe with a different reader.
the story was great. Enthralling, hard to to stop listening. unfortunately, the narrator had a voice like Ben Stein. even in emotionally charged points, he spoke in such a monotone voice that I almost feel asleep. In short, story is great (some missions will break your heart while others with have you cheering), but the performer is horrible.
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- Jean
- 13-02-17
Reads like a spy novel
The book is written more like a spy novel than a dry history book. The authors tell the stories of the more famous and well known escapades of the Mossad. The Mossad is recognized as the best intelligence agency in the world. The authors tell the story of the most famous and well justified mission of the kidnapping by the Mossad of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and bringing him back to Israel to stand trial for war crimes. Bar-Zohar tells about the bombing of the Syrian nuclear reactor and the assassination of the Iranian nuclear scientist. They also tell the escapades of master spy Elie Cohen. Bar-Zohar not only reports the successful cases, but ones that turned into a disaster for the agency.
The book is a fun read but the book fails to provide the wider perspective of the events. The authors failed to provide the political context of each event. Very little is told about the founding of the Jewish State in 1948 or about the geopolitical outcome of the Six Day War in 1967. Without all the background, one would not understand the problems with the Palestinians. The authors do provide a brief history of the founding of the Mossad and a brief biography of its early leaders.
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But if you are looking for a light weight spy story, the book is a fun read. The book had the potential of providing an in-depth view of the role of the Mossad and its effects on Israel. Instead, they went for a lightweight fun read.
The book is about fourteen and half hours long. Benjamin Isaac does a good job narrating the book.
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- Michael J Canning
- 30-12-14
Israeli Intelligence through Iraeli Eyes
The best thing about the book are the stories. They are all interesting and several are excellent. The way the book is organized prevents the authors from developing characters, however, and the book sometimes fails to place stories in their correct political / security context. However, the book's high-tempo, and the excellent access the authors appear to have to the participants, more than compensates for these limitations. My biggest knock is that the book is self-congratulatory, and at times the author's own political agenda seems to the surface. The authors offer little depth, and few strategic insights, though they provide enough detail, action, and clandestine nuggets to almost overcome that problem.
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- Una-Marie O'Leary Match
- 29-12-14
Not Easy without some prior knowledge. Worth it.
Makes one wonder what we don't know. Not just the great successes but the blunders are in here too. Will probably re-listen several times.
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- Matthew
- 04-03-17
What They Did in the Shadows; Sees the Light
The Good – I learned a lot of information about things I never knew about and more information about things I knew little about. ‘Mossad' laid out the struggle to survive that Israel has faced since it was born. I was shocked to learn that Israel attempted to trade back all the territory it had conquered in the Six Day War for lasting peace with the Arab nations, but the offer was angrily rejected by those nations.
The Not So Good – The book gave the sense of a very slight pro-Israel bias, but in light of the rabid hatred they've faced, on a minute-by-minute basis, since 1948 I can’t blame the authors and I forgive and understand whatever slight amount of bias there may have been. That said, it does not detract from the facts or the reality that the book outlines. Also, to their credit the authors are very open about the not so good aspects of this agency as well.
The Bad – It ended too soon. Aside from that, nothing about this book was bad.
The Length – Not long enough at 14-hours. It could have gone on for 6 more hours and I would have carried on with fascination. I wanted more.
The Narration – Benjamin Isaac had the perfect voice for this reading. He had a measured cadence, good inflection and balanced tone. I’m not sure about some of the negative review comments for his narration? I thought he was a very good narrator for this book. Serious and to the point. I don’t speak Hebrew so, perhaps, he didn’t pronounce some of the words correctly? That may be unfortunate, but not everyone will be happy when it comes to pronunciations.
The Overall – While I only made one bookmark with note I attribute that to the fact that I knew early on that I would listen to it again. This book sat in my wish list for nearly a year until, one day, it was on a special two-for-one credit sale. Ironically, now that I've listened I feel like I got a real steal on this book at half a credit! Don't let that stop you though; it's worth a full credit. I let it sit for so long because I was concerned it would be too biased and I was also concerned about some of the reviews where people said it needed more context. Wrong! I don’t think the book needs more context at all. It can stand alone and it did so very well. In fact, adding more historical context may have actually ruined the book and turned it into one of those ‘in the weeds’ history books that makes you say aloud, "please get to the point". The only context you need to know before listening to this book is that Israel is, and always has been, surrounded by nations that want to kill it. That’s a fairly simple context to help anyone ‘understand’ this book. This was a gripping book that told amazing stories that need to be told. It read like a spy/thriller novel, but it told gut wrenching real life stories. This was a very good book and I will be listening to more works by these authors and this narrator. I would not say it is a “great” book because it didn’t have that “I don’t want to put it down” feel. Hence, the four star overall rating.
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-12-16
Brilliant book, and wonderful narration
I enjoyed this book. Thrilling masterpiece. The narration was also good. I strongly recommend it
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- Katherine
- 30-04-15
Very good
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- B. Wilson
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Fascinating
Ten movies worth of stories here. Very interesting to hear all the details many years after the headlines. I recommend.
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- John
- 02-11-14
Amazing Real Stories
This is an absolutely fascinating book that covers Mossad missions from the formation of Israel to the present. The book is well written and the story moves quickly. The narration is excellent. It is very hard to put down.
The book is generally positive about the agency, but not fawning. Flawed missions are discussed candidly.
One comes away with a very definite view that the U.S. owes much to Israel and the Mossad, especially given our fumbled foreign policy of the last ten years through two diametrically different administrations.
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- Matthew
- 24-11-14
Excellent!
Extremely interesting and exciting. Excellent insider knowledge. Very good to know there's nobody more interested in maintaining Israel's security than the Mossad, regardless of fickle world opinion.
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- stu
- 20-12-14
Enthralling
One of those rare listens that you genuinely cannot stop listening too. Brilliant book with details I would never expect from secret service missions. You could not be disappointed with this book.
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- LD's
- 01-05-17
Amazing book!
I've always been a big fan of the story behind all the Mossad and Israel intelligence operations. It was amazing to know all those specific details on all the most impressive operations and, even a large number of operations I wasn't aware of.
Totally recommended!
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- Wayne O'Brien
- 12-02-21
Informative and interesting but also disconcerting
Interesting subject matter. Well narrated and well structured; each operation is presented as a concise separate chapter so the tension is maintained throughout. A decent level of detail of the Mossad's history but it never gets too bogged down in minute details. Overall though this book left me feeling uncomfortable....rather than the celebration of the Mossad, and by extension the state of Israel that I believe the authors intended this book to be, Israel and it's people are portrayed as being inherently ruthless and extremely violent. They seem more than adept at justifying the pre-emptive and often brutal violence they visit upon anyone whom they believe to represent a threat. Which, it seems, is basically any non-Jewish person and/or state in the world.
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- SHAUN
- 18-02-20
Gripping
Excellent book and well worth a read / listen. Lots of details backed up with checkable facts. Very interesting to see the lengths some countries will go to to protect their people.
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- Ziri
- 20-09-19
excellent thrilling
really good details and discriptions, what a magnificent stories out of this world but very real
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- Anonymous User
- 30-10-18
Fascinating!!!
A real treat and fascinating to listen to. Well worth the time and purchase. No dull moment and gripping story or more like stories.
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- Gary
- 26-08-18
Not for me
Not an objective view of the secrete service. I felt it was very much onesided. However, the name does state Greatest Missions so there is an indication there.
Felt the performance was a little wooden also.
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- Flimper
- 04-05-18
Fascinating listen
This was a joy to listen to as a collection of short stories giving just enough detail without getting bogged down unnecessarily. I really enjoyed the narration performance.
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- Kai Griffin
- 17-01-18
Fascinating
Incredibly open and detailed accounts of all sorts of Mossad missions, a must-listen for anyone interested in Mossad!!
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- FIR1er
- 16-02-22
No doubt just scratching the surface
. . . .Very good history of Mossad, I enjoyed listening . . . .
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- Anonymous User
- 16-04-19
best Mossad summary I've heard.
inside knowledge with historical significance to present day events. excellent book and would thoroughly recommend.
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- Peter Gray
- 06-09-21
Boring just isn't the word
I purchased this book because I thought it would be a stimulating read (or listen). The book never really captures the reputation that Mossad has built up; instead, in places, it reads like a list of what went wrong both operationally and politically. But the worse aspect of this audiobook was the reader. A boring, monotonous voice that does nothing to add to what little 'excitement' the book contains. Even when the reader varies his voice the timbre remains the same.
I persevered until the end, but it took a tremendous effort and I'm not sure it was worth it.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-05-21
Shameful content
The story of how Mossad managed to capture, kill, maim & blow up their enemies. I thought we were past the age of glorifying war and pretending one side is all good and the other all bad. Just appalling to read about murder done with pride.
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- Andrew Krich
- 26-04-19
Just terrible.
Thinly disguised propaganda, which considering the publisher isn't suprising but at least provide some sort of balance
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- Dhashiiko
- 23-03-18
propaganda book
Would you try another book written by Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal or narrated by Benjamin Isaac?
no
Has Mossad put you off other books in this genre?
yes
What didn’t you like about Benjamin Isaac’s performance?
its not him is the book i dont like it
You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?
no
Any additional comments?
the book talks about iraninan atomic i ddint like it