Ben-Gurion's Spy

Type

Book

Authors

Shabtai Teveth

ISBN 10

0231104642

ISBN 13

9780231104647

Tags

Egypt, Israel & Palestine, Intelligence & Espionage, Non-US Legal Systems, Asian, Middle Eastern, Comparative Politics

Description

In the early 1950s, a group of ill-trained Israeli agents staged a series of disaterous bombings of American and British institutions in Egypt, in an attempt to forestall Britain's final withdrawal drom the Suez. When the plot was revealed in 1955, defense minister Pinhas Lavon - Ben Gurion's handpicked sucessor - was foreced to resign. - from Amzon

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