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Title: By Way of Deception by Victor Ostrovsky ISBN: 0-9717595-0-2 Publisher: Wilshire Press Inc. Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (35 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: If this book is all lies, then why is it banned in Israel?
Comment: This is a very poorly written book. The organisation is poor, the writing is sloppy, and the translation of technical terms from Hebrew is quite often inexact. But if you want to read a well-written book, go and search for Shakespear! This book was written by an un-happy ex-Mossad agent. It's not altogether obvious what parts of this book, if any, are true and what parts, if any, are false. But the book is morbidly fascinating, in that it describes the inner workings of an organisation about which there are hardly any "legitimate" ways of finding out. Especially interesting is the detailed description of the training that Mossad career officers undergo! So get the book, and read it, and judge for yourself. Keep in mind that this book is banned in Israel -- neither it nor its translation into Hebrew can be sold in bookstores in Israel. Now officials in Israel have claimed on numerous occassions that this book is all nonsense. This raises a basic question: If this book is nonsense, if what it talks about is ALL false, then why ban it?
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent and Gripping Book
Comment: This is a great book written by a man who put his life on the line inorder to let the world know how terrible the Mossad really is. He eloquently summarizes his life story, growing up as an ardent Zionist, climbing high in the Israeli military ranks, and finally becoming disillusioned after achieving the dream of many Israelis: joining the Mossad. He explains in great detail many of the ways, training techniques, and past operations of this ultra-secret "intelligence agency" that he was a part of for four years. If, as some people say, this book is not factual, why is it that most of the events are actually recorded in old newspapers, magazines, T.V. news, etc.? All you have to do is spend enough time and you can find for yourself the articles on Yehia Meshad, Jonathan Pollard, Sabra and Shatilla, the Fallashas, and so on. Offcourse the major difference is that Ostrovsky, as an insider, ties things together and goes into the details that we could never find in the news. Furthermore, why would the Israeli govt. and Jewish groups in the U.S. try to prevent this book from being published in the first place? Finally, I just heard that this book is out of print and banned in the U.S. now. If this is true, it is a shame. It just goes to show that Ostrovsky is right.
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential reading
Comment: This book and its sequel should be essential reading for every American, especially now with American sons and daughters coming home in body bags from Iraq.
The sequel to this book, The Other Side of Deception, was published over 10 years ago. What it reveals is stunning when compared to current events. And deeply disturbing.
However, you must read the first book first to fully appreciate the second book.
I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of negative reviews of this book were not the work of some of his former colleagues, or 'ordinary' citizens engaged to write for them. Any astute and extraordinarily well-read person can determine that the facts Ostrovsky states about various operations in his book have the definite ring of truth about them. They can be verified with contemporaneous news accounts, available now on microfiche at any large American library that houses world newspapers.
I lived in NYC while most of the events he describes were going on, and kept up daily with a broad variety of news sources worldwide. I was front and center when these stories broke. Ostrovsky's account fills in the nagging questions the various accounts presented at the time, and confirm what I was hearing under the table as suspicions from our intelligence sources.
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Title: The Other Side of Deception: A Rogue Agent Exposes the Mossad's Secret Agenda by Victor Ostrovsky ISBN: 0060176350 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Gideon's Spies : The Secret History of the Mossad (Updated Edition) by Gordon Thomas ISBN: 0312252846 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 18 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Israel's Secret Wars: A History of Israel's Intelligence Services by Ian Black, Benny Morris ISBN: 0802132863 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: June, 1992 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: The Woman from Mossad: The Story of Mordechai Vanunu & the Israeli Nuclear Program by Peter Hounam ISBN: 1583940057 Publisher: Frog Ltd Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network by Ari Ben-Menashe ISBN: 1879823012 Publisher: Sheridan Square Pubns Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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