Aviva Guttmann

Operation Wrath of God

The Secret History of European Intelligence and Mossad's Assassination Campaign

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This unprecedented history of intelligence cooperation during the Cold War reveals the key role of European agencies in facilitating Mossad's Operation Wrath of God. Through unique access to unredacted sources, Aviva Guttmann uncovers a secret security order which operated independently of foreign policy constraints or public scrutiny.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009503075
• ISBN-10: 1009503073
• Artikelnr.: 72063257

Autorenporträt

Dr Aviva Guttmann is a lecturer in strategy and intelligence at Aberystwyth University and author of The Origins of International Counterterrorism (2018).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: intelligence that kills
Part I. Preparing for God's Wrath: 1. Setting the scene
2. Preparing the kill list
Part II. Europe's Covert War against the Palestinian Armed Struggle: 3. A firing squad in Rome and four black September attacks
4. A bomb in Paris and two attacks in Bangkok and Rome
5. Assassinations in Nicosia and Madrid, attacks in Jordan and Sudan
6. A 'battle of the spooks' in Paris, Beirut, Nicosia, and Rome
7. A car bomb in Paris, a firing squad in DC, a thwarted attack near Vienna
Part III. Blunder and Cooperate: 8. Lillehammer fiasco: official condemnation, covert approval
Conclusion: a secret security order.