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Bar-Joseph, Uri, author.
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Marwān, Ashraf, 1944-2007.
Israel. Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim.
Politicians -- Egypt -- Biography.
Spies -- Israel -- Biography.
Spies -- Egypt -- Biography.
Israel-Arab War, 1973 -- Military intelligence -- Israel.
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The angel : the Egyp...
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The angel : the Egyptian spy who saved Israel / Uri Bar-Joseph ; translated from the Hebrew-language edition by David Hazony.
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Bar-Joseph, Uri, author.
New York : Harper an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2016.
Subjects
Marwān, Ashraf, 1944-2007.
Israel. Mosad le-modiʻin ṿe-tafḳidim meyuḥadim.
Politicians -- Egypt -- Biography.
Spies -- Israel -- Biography.
Spies -- Egypt -- Biography.
Israel-Arab War, 1973 -- Military intelligence -- Israel.
ISBN:
9780062420107 (hardback) :
0062420100 (hardback)
Description:
ix, 372 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
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.
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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"--Provided by publisher.
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Hawaii State Library
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327.12569 Marwan Ba
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