The House on Garibaldi Street (Classics of Espionage) - Hardcover

Harel, Isser

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714647543 ISBN 13: 9780714647548

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

The House on Garibaldi Street is the true story of one of this century's most audacious intelligence operations - the kidnapping of Adolf Eichmann in Argentina by the Mossad, Israel's secret intelligence service. In a daring operation which shook the world, a team of elite Mossad agents, under the personal command of the legendary Mossad leader Isser Harel, kidnapped Eichmann and smuggled him to Israel. Eichmann's trial received unparalleled media coverage, and brought home to millions around the world the horror of the Holocaust through its principal co-ordinator. Eichmann was found guilty of genocide and was executed two years later. Harel's account was first published in 1975 and won world acclaim, being translated into more than 20 languages and selling more than a million copies. This new edition has been completely revised and updated. For the first time the real names and details of all Mossad personnel are revealed, as are important diplomatic contacts which shed new light on the political acceptability of the kidnapping, the operation being officially sanctioned not only by Israel, but also by West Germany. Shlomo Shpiro who worked personally with Isser Harel on the preparation of this new edition is an Israeli scholar specialising in intelligence and security issues. The House on Garibaldi Street has all the suspense, action and drama of a classic intelligence story - it is also an engrossing account to rival the best spy fiction.

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Review:

'A true intelligence coup that reads better than James Bond'.
Amazon Bookshop - reader review

'This is a gripping account of the Israeli plan to capture Adolf Eichmann, tersly written by the man who led the operation, the head of Mossad, the Israeli secret intelligence service.'
German Politics

'The book reveals the names and political contact sources involved in this spine-chilling drama of an unequalled, uniquely daring operation, leading to Eichmann trial in 1960 in Israel and his subsequent execution two years later.'
Jewish Review

'When first published, Harel"s account received huge acclaim and was translated into more than 20 languages.'
Jewish Chronicle, 15/8/97

'Harel manages to construct a skilful narrative that maintains suspense.'
Jewish Quarterly review

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0714647543
• ISBN 13: 9780714647548
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 324
• Editor: Shpiro Shlomo J.