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The angel : the Egyptian spy who saved Israel

Title
The angel : the Egyptian spy who saved Israel / Uri Bar-Joseph ; translated from the Hebrew-language edition by David Hazony.
Author
Bar-Joseph, Uri
Publication
  • New York : Harper an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
  • ©2016

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Book/TextUse in library JFE 16-10657Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Additional Authors
Hazony, David
Description
ix, 372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
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"--
Uniform Title
Malʼakh. English
Alternative Title
Malʼakh.
Subject
  • Marwān, Ashraf, 1944-2007
  • Israel. Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim
  • Israel-Arab War (1973)
  • 1973
  • Politicians > Egypt > Biography
  • Spies > Israel > Biography
  • Spies > Egypt > Biography
  • Israel-Arab War, 1973 > Military intelligence > Israel
  • Military intelligence
  • Politicians
  • Spies
  • Egypt
  • Israel
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • Biography.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-355) and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 16-10657
ISBN
  • 9780062420107
  • 0062420100
  • 9780062420138
  • 0062420135
LCCN
2015042832
OCLC
925497392
Author
Bar-Joseph, Uri, author.
Title
The angel : the Egyptian spy who saved Israel / Uri Bar-Joseph ; translated from the Hebrew-language edition by David Hazony.
Publisher
New York : Harper an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
Copyright Date
©2016
Edition
First English edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-355) and index.
Chronological Term
1973
Added Author
Hazony, David, translator.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-10657
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