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

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 first English-language book to tell the sensational 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 Angel is a gripping feat of reportage that blows open the Mossad and reveals the shocking truth behind Marwan's mysterious death"--
Language
  • eng
  • heb
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First English edition.
Extent
ix, 372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • 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
Isbn
9780062420107
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The angel : the Egyptian spy who saved Israel
Title
The angel
Title remainder
the Egyptian spy who saved Israel
Statement of responsibility
Uri Bar-Joseph ; translated from the Hebrew-language edition by David Hazony
Creator
Contributor
Author
Translator
Subject
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Language
  • eng
  • heb
  • eng
Summary
"The first English-language book to tell the sensational 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 Angel is a gripping feat of reportage that blows open the Mossad and reveals the shocking truth behind Marwan's mysterious death"--
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Biography type
individual biography
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Bar-Joseph, Uri
Dewey number
  • 327.125694062092
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Language note
Translated from the Hebrew
LC call number
DT107.828.M375
LC item number
B3713 2016
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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Hazony, David
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Marwān, Ashraf
  • Israel
  • Politicians
  • Spies
  • Spies
  • Israel-Arab War, 1973
  • Marwān, Ashraf
  • Marwān, Ašraf
  • Israel
  • Israel
  • Israel-Arab War (1973)
  • HISTORY
  • TRUE CRIME
  • Military intelligence
  • Politicians
  • Spies
  • Egypt
  • Israel
  • Spion
Label
The angel : the Egyptian spy who saved Israel, Uri Bar-Joseph ; translated from the Hebrew-language edition by David Hazony
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-355) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
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
Control code
954700799
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First English edition.
Extent
ix, 372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780062420107
Lccn
2015042832
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
  • 40026258212
  • 99968752617
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)954700799
Label
The angel : the Egyptian spy who saved Israel, Uri Bar-Joseph ; translated from the Hebrew-language edition by David Hazony
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-355) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
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
Control code
954700799
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First English edition.
Extent
ix, 372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780062420107
Lccn
2015042832
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
  • 40026258212
  • 99968752617
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)954700799

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