Mossad
Ratings9
Average rating3.9
Twenty-odd chapters, each one the recounting of a Mossad exploit and related stories. The writing is just fair, with the authors having a penchant for describing people's foreheads. Good if you like Mossad stories.
Mossad is presented as nonfiction but delivered like a spy novel. Others have mentioned that this dynamic leaves room for concern about its authenticity. I'm not so concerned with authenticity, as I'm sure each of these operations were legitimately carried out by Mossad. My concerns lie with integrity of the seemingly unknowable details; vis-à-vis the “unreliable narrator.”
Despite my doubts, what may well be propaganda, the stories were genuinely entertaining. I hope for this in nonfiction but I do not expect it.
I took especially great interest in the availability of information that is not yet 50 years old. Top secret information is rarely downgraded without significant time. Even though the first part of the book dealt with the development of the organisation, I was genuinely surprised to read of operations in the 2000's.