Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations

Authors:  Ronen Bergman
Publisher: Random House Audio 
ISBN: 9780812982114
Weight: gsm
Pages: pp
Year: 2018
Price: RM99

The First Definitive History Of The Mossad, Shin Bet, And The Idf's Targeted Killing Programs, From The Man Hailed By David Remnick As "Arguably [israel's] Best Investigative Reporter

Ronen Bergman offers a riveting inside account of Israel's targeted killing programs: their successes, their fallures, and the moral and political price exacted on the men and women who approved and car- ried out the missions. Including never-before-reported, behind-the-curtain accounts of key operations, Rise and Kill First brings us deep into the heart of Israel's most secret activities. Bergman traces, from statehood to the present, the gripping events and thorny ethical questions underlying Israel's targeted assassination campaign, which has shaped the Israell nation, the Middle East, and the entire world.

"An exceptional work, a humane book about an incendiary subject... full of shocking moments, surprising disturbances in a narrative full of fateful twists and unintended consequences." -THE NEW YORK TIMES

"This remarkable account of Israel's targeted-killing programs is the product of nearly eight years of research into what is arguably the most secretive and Impenetrable intelligence community in the world. Bergman, an investigative reporter and military analyst, interviewed hundreds of insiders. Including assassins, and obtained thousands of classified documents. -THE NEW YORKER