Research Catalog

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Description

1. xi, 419 p.; 24 cm.

Uniform title

1. Neḳudat ha-al ḥazor. English

Alternative title

1. Neḳudat ha-al ḥazor.

Subject

1. Iran > Foreign relations > Israel > History
2. Intelligence services > Israel
3. Iran > Foreign relations > United States > History
4. Terrorism > Religious aspects > Islam
5. Lebanon > Foreign relations > Iran > History
6. Hizballah (Lebanon)
7. Israel > Foreign relations > Iran > History
8. Iran > Foreign relations > Lebanon > History
9. Islam and politics > Iran
10. United States > Foreign relations > Iran > History

Contents

1. Green storm rising. The twilight of the Iranian monarchy -- Death to the infidels -- Operation seashell : how Israel secretly armed Iran -- The hidden war in the Middle East. Dangerous games : the Lebanon war and the birth of Hizballah -- The poor man's smart bomb : the reinvention of suicide bombing -- The drugged octopus and the rise of Hizballah -- The meat market : how Iran and Hizballah perfected the art of hostage-taking -- The Hungarian octagon : the hidden side of Iran-Contra -- The global war. Assassins -- Operation body heat -- Terror in Buenos Aires -- Exporting terror -- Target : the great satan -- The al-Qaeda connection -- The second coming of Hizballah. A divine victory : Hizballah takes Lebanon -- Hizballah prepares -- Oil on the flames -- The first Shi'ite bomb. The Termite file : how an Israeli arms dealer gave Iran a chemical arsenal -- Importing a Russian bomb? -- The countdown -- Ghost raid -- The second Lebanon war.

Call number

1. JFE 09-662

Author

1. Bergman, Ronen.

Title

1. The secret war with Iran : the 30-year clandestine struggle against the world's most dangerous terrorist power / Ronen Bergman ; translated by Ronnie Hope.

Imprint

1. New York : Free Press, 2008.

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1. Publisher description
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3. Contributor biographical information

LCCN

1. 2008013640

ISBN

1. 9781416558392
2. 141655839X

Research call number

1. JFE 09-662