In the secret world of spies and covert operations, no other intelligence service continues to be surrounded by myth and mystery as does Israel's Mossad. 'Gideon's Spies' reveals for the first time that all too often the truth exceeds the fantasies.
Here are the inside stories of how Robert Maxwell became Mossad's most important link in the arms-for-hostages scandal, Irangate; how Mossad undercut the CIA's position as the Vatican's prime intelligence source by revealing to Pope John Paul the truth behind the failed attempt on his life in May 1981; and how Mossad has successfully maintained an agent in the Clinton White House, enabling Israel to call the shots in the ongoing Middle East peace process.
And here, for the very first time, is the until now secret story of Mossad's involvement in the deaths of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed.
The legendary spymasters of Israel tell in their own words what it was like to be directly involved in some of the most audacious operations that have included the kidnapping of Adolf Eichmann, the murder of Yasser Arafat's chief aide, the theft of vital nuclear material from a Pittsburgh plant and the smuggling of a MiG aircraft out of Iraq.
For almost three years Gordon Thomas has interviewed Mossad's leaders, planners and field agents: a cross-section of a service that has never before allowed such access. They did so because Mossad wanted the truth told at last. But this is no public relations exercise as 'Gideon's Spies' tells too of tragic blunders and ruthless infighting in an organisation riven with strife.
Woven together with a narrative pace which rivals the very best thrillers, 'Gideon's Spies' reveals the controversial truth behind Israel's secret weapon.
