{"product_id":"spies-of-no-country-israels-secret-agents-at-the-birth-of-the-mossad-paperback","title":"Spies of No Country: Israel's Secret Agents at the Birth of the Mossad - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatti Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wondrous . . . Compelling . . . Piercing.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Award-winning writer Matti Friedman's tale of Israel's first spies has all the tropes of an espionage novel, including duplicity, betrayal, disguise, clandestine meetings, the bluff, and the double bluff--but it's all true. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe four spies were young, Jewish, and born in Arab countries. In 1948, at the outbreak of war in Palestine, they went undercover in Beirut, spending two years running sabotage operations and sending crucial intelligence back home. It was dangerous work. Of the dozen members of their ragtag unit, five would be caught and executed--but the remainder would emerge as the nucleus of the Mossad, Israel's vaunted intelligence agency. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Journalist and award-winning author Matti Friedman's masterfully told and meticulously researched tale of Israel's first spies reads like an espionage novel--but it's all true. \u003ci\u003eSpies of No Country \u003c\/i\u003eis about the slippery identities of these spies, but it's also about the complicated identity of Israel, a country that presents itself as Western but in fact has more citizens with Middle Eastern roots, just like the spies of this fascinating narrative.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatti Friedman's 2016 book \u003ci\u003ePumpkinflowers \u003c\/i\u003ewas chosen as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and as one of Amazon's 10 Best Books of the Year. It was selected as one of the year's best by \u003ci\u003eBooklist, Mother Jones, Foreign Affairs, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e National Post, \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Aleppo Codex, \u003c\/i\u003e won the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize, the ALA's Sophie Brody Medal, and the Canadian Jewish Book Award for history. A former Associated\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ePress correspondent, Friedman has reported from Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Moscow, the Caucasus, and Washington, DC, and his writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003ethe New York Times, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Friedman grew up in Toronto and now lives with his family in Jerusalem. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756862792013,"sku":"9781643750439","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/L2RUenN1NFRoNGFmMk1YV1RXMnhzUT09.webp?v=1776754638","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/spies-of-no-country-israels-secret-agents-at-the-birth-of-the-mossad-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}