Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence

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HISTORICAL DICTIONARIES OF INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTERINTELLIGENCE SERIES Jon Woronoff, Series Editor 1.British Intelligence, by Ni ...

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Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence Ephraim Kahana Historical Dictionaries of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, No ...

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To Nili, Orit, Eran, Nir, Ori, Shir, and Zvi Nili my wife Orit my daughter Eran my son in law Nir my son Ori my grandson Shir my ...

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Contents vii Editor’s Foreword Jon Woronoff ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiii Acronyms and Abbreviations xv Chronology xix Intr ...

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Editor’s Foreword ix Israel’s intelligence community is probably the most intriguing one around and also one of the hardest to g ...

and the Technion. Over the years, Dr. Kahana has published many pa- pers and articles on related issues and also organized panel ...

Preface xi The State of Israel was established only in 1948, but in its 57 years of existence its intelligence community has won ...

Eichmann, the theft of a Soviet MiG-21 fighter aircraft, the rescue of Is- raelis taken hostage by terrorists in far-off Uganda, ...

Acknowledgments xiii Writing a dictionary like this cannot be done alone, and I wish to grate- fully acknowledge the help of fri ...

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Acronyms and Abbreviations xv AEC Atomic Energy Commission (United States) ALA Arab Liberation Army Aman Agaf Modi’in/Directorat ...

IAF Israel Air Force IAI Israel Aircraft Industries ICT International Policy Institute for Counterterrorism IDF Israel Defense F ...

OSS Office of Strategic Services (United States) PA Palestinian Authority PFLP Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine PKK ...

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