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02998aam a2200373Ia 4500 001 0A4653F6FC0211E29E97ABD5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130803010043 008 121022s2013 nyuabf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1605984388 020 $a 9781605984384 040 $d SILO 043 $a e-gw--- $a f-ua--- $a e-gw--- 050 14 $a DS126.5 $b .H65 2013 100 1 $a Howard, Roger, $d 1966- 245 10 $a Operation Damocles : $b Israel's secret war against Hitler's scientists, 1951-1967 / $c Roger Howard. 250 $a 1st Pegasus Books ed. 260 $a New York : $b Pegasus Books, $c 2013. 300 $a 268 p., [8] p. of plates : $b ill., maps ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a Maps on linings papers. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-260) and index. 505 0 $a Striking the sword -- Building the network -- Sharpening the sword -- Israel prepares to strike -- Tensions grow -- Killing Mustafa -- Egypt under attack -- The frustrated scientists -- "Wanted : specialist engineers" -- The Mossad reaction -- The scientists get to work -- Mossad watches the Egyptians -- The Egyptians press ahead -- Celebrations in Cairo -- "Little Isser" raises the alarm -- Operation Damocles -- Damocles continues -- Hysteria in Israel -- Mossad fights on -- The Egyptians fight back -- The scientists pull out. 520 $a "From 1951 to 1967 Egypt pursued a secret program to build military rockets that could have conceivably posed a threat to neighboring Israel. Because such an ambitious project required Western expertise, the Egyptian leader President Nasser hired West German scientists, many of them veterans of the Nazi rocket program at PeenemuÌnde and elsewhere. These covert plans soon came to the attention of Israel's legendary secret service, Mossad, and caused deep alarm in Tel Aviv. Would Israel fall under the shadow of long-range missiles held by a ruler who was sworn to destroy the Jewish state? Could the missiles be fitted with warheads filled with radiological, chemical, or even nuclear materials? Israel responded by using threats, intimidation, and brutal assassination squads to deter the German scientists from working on Nasser's behalf. Exactly half a century later, this book tells the gripping story of the mysterious arms dealers, Mossad assassins, scientific genii, and leading figures who all played their part in Operation Damocles"--Dust jacket. 610 10 $a Israel. $b Mosad le-modiÊ»in vÌ£e-tafkÌ£idim meyuhÌ£adim. 650 0 $a Espionage, Israeli. 650 0 $a Intelligence service $z Israel $x History. 650 0 $a Military intelligence $z Israel $y 20th century $x History. 650 0 $a Military weapons $x History. $z Egypt $y 20th century $x History. 650 0 $a Scientists $z Germany (West) $y 20th century $x History. 941 $a 3 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204063751.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110045718.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213011910.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0A4653F6FC0211E29E97ABD5DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search