Operation Damocles : Israel's Secret War Agaisnt Hitler's Scientists, 1951-1967

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Label

Operation Damocles : Israel's Secret War Agaisnt Hitler's Scientists, 1951-1967

Title remainder

Israel's Secret War Agaisnt Hitler's Scientists, 1951-1967

Creator

• Howard, Roger

Contributor

• hoopla digital

Subject

• Espionage -- Israel -- 20th century -- History
• Intelligence service -- Israel -- History
• Israel, Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim -- 20th century -- History
• Electronic books
• Military weapons -- Research -- Egypt -- 20th century -- History
• Scientists -- Germany (West) -- 20th century -- History
• Military intelligence -- Israel -- 20th century -- History

Language

eng

Summary

The forgotten cloak-and-dagger history of the former Nazi scientists who were recruited by Egypt to develop long-range missiles capable of striking Israel From 1951 to 1967 Egypt pursued a secret program to build military rockets that could have conceivably posed a threat to neighboring Israel. Because such an ambitious project required Western expertise, the Egyptian leader President Nasser hired West German scientists, many of them veterans of the Nazi rocket program at Peenemünde and elsewhere. These covert plans soon came to the attention of Israel's legendary secret service, Mossad, and caused deep alarm in Tel Aviv. Would Israel fall under the shadow of long-range missiles held by a ruler who was sworn to destroy the Jewish state? Could the missiles be fitted with warheads filled with radiological, chemical, or even nuclear materials? Israel responded by using threats, intimidation, and brutal assassination squads to deter the German scientists from working on Nasser's behalf. Exactly half a century later, this book tells the gripping story of the mysterious arms dealers, Mossad assassins, scientific genii, and leading figures who all played their part in Operation Damocles

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

327.125694

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

adult