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Spies of no country : secret lives at the birth of Israel / Matti Friedman.
Record details
- ISBN: 1616207221
- ISBN: 9781616207229
- ISBN: 1616207221 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781616207229 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781616207229
- ISBN: 1616207221
- ISBN: 9781616207229 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1616207221 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xvii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Haifa -- The scout -- At camp -- The garage -- The watcher -- Tiger -- Isaac -- Operation Starling -- Cedar -- The watcher -- Beirut. Kim -- Exceptional opportunities -- The fall of Israel -- The Three Moons kiosk -- Casino Méditerranée -- Hitler's yacht -- The saboteur -- The gallows -- The Jewish state -- Georgette -- The redhead -- Home. |
| Summary, etc.: | "The story of a ragtag unit known as the Arab Section, which was conceived in Palestine during World War II by British spies and Jewish militia leaders, and which eventually became the nucleus of the Mossad, Israel's vaunted intelligence agency"-- Provided by publisher. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Palmaḥ. Palestine > History > 1929-1948. Undercover operations > Israel. Special forces (Military science) > Israel. Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949. |
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- 11 of 13 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Bridgeport Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | 327.1209 FRIEDMAN (Text) | 34000081457038 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/23/2024 |
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Spies of No Country : Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel
Matti Friedman's 2016 book Pumpkinflowers was chosen as a New York Times 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 Booklist, Mother Jones, Foreign Affairs, the National Post, and the Globe and Mail . His first book, The Aleppo Codex, won the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize, the ALA's Sophie Brody Medal, and the Canadian Jewish Book Award for history. A former AssociatedPress correspondent, Friedman has reported from Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Moscow, the Caucasus, and Washington, DC, and his writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Atlantic , the Washington Post , and elsewhere. Friedman grew up in Toronto and now lives with his family in Jerusalem.
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