Bibliograph

The Angel, the Egyptian spy who saved Israel, Uri Bar-Joseph ; translated from the Hebrew-language edition by David Hazony

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The Angel, the Egyptian spy who saved Israel, Uri Bar-Joseph ; translated from the Hebrew-language edition by David Hazony

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-355) and index

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individual biography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Angel

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

954700799

Responsibility statement

Uri Bar-Joseph ; translated from the Hebrew-language edition by David Hazony

Sub title

the Egyptian spy who saved Israel

Summary

"The first English-language book to tell the ... story of Ashraf Marwan, a top Egyptian official who spied for the Mossad and almost singlehandedly saved Israel from defeat in the Yom Kippur War. The [book] ... blows open the Mossad and [examines the background of] Marwan's mysterious death."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prologue: The funeral and the mystery -- Cairo, 1944-1970: beginnings -- London, 1970: contact -- April 1971: enter military intelligence -- May 1971: liftoff -- The dream of every spy agency on earth -- Sadat's emissary for special affairs -- Egypt girds for war -- Final preparations and an intermezzo in Rome -- Signing at sundown on Saturday -- Dovecote: warning and war -- The rise and fall of Ashraf Marwan -- An angel in the city, a son-in-law exposed -- Fallen angel

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Egyptian spy who saved Israel

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