Capturing Eichmann

The Memoirs of a Mossad Spymaster

Rafi Eitan, Anshel Pfeffer

• Editorial: Greenhill Books
• Año: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781784387587
• Categoría: History
• Categoría: Military Biographies

**Argentina, 1960. A car speeds through the streets of Buenos Aires. Inside are four Israeli secret agents and their prisoner: one of the most notorious war criminals of Nazi Germany. The Mossad operatives need to get this man, Adolf Eichmann, back to Israel to be tried for his crimes. Holding Eichmann's head in his lap is the leader of this ambitious mission, Rafi Eitan, whom Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later described as 'one of the heroes of Israeli intelligence'.** In this fast-paced and detailed memoir, Rafi Eitan tells the story of his remarkable life and career as an elite soldier and spymaster. He describes how as a teenager, he smuggled Jewish refugees into Palestine as part of the Palmach unit and how, as a spy in the newly established Mossad, he swam through sewers to blow up a British radar station, earning the name 'Rafi the Stinker'. He goes on to describe in detail his involvement in the extraordinary hunt for the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. Eitan's espionage career eventually ended over his involvement in the controversial Jonathan Pollard espionage affair, which sparked intense debate over Israel's relations with the US. Packed with new insights into Eitan's role at the heart of Israeli military and intelligence organisations, this is a gripping read and essential reading for anyone interested in espionage history and the daring operation to capture Adolf Eichmann.

Índice

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Plates
• Introduction by Anshel Pfeffer
• Translator’s Note
• Preface by Miriam Eitan
• Chapter 1 My Roots
• Chapter 2 We’re in the Palmach Now
• Chapter 3 Dealing with the Templers
• Chapter 4 We Have a Country
• Chapter 5 Switching to the Security Service
• Chapter 6 A Small Man with Big Suspicions
• Chapter 7 Shin Bet at Work
• Chapter 8 Working with Ben-Gurion
• Chapter 9 Seeing the World a Different Way
• Chapter 10 Heading the Operations Division
• Chapter 11 Catching a Nazi People Have Heard Of
• Chapter 12 The Dybbuk is in Our Hands!
• Chapter 13 Where is Yossele?
• Chapter 14 The Sword over Our Heads
• Chapter 15 Secret Relations with Morocco
• Chapter 16 A New Boss and a New Role
• Chapter 17 The Ben-Barka Affair
• Chapter 18 New and Unlikely Foreign Contacts
• Chapter 19 The France–Israel Relationship
• Chapter 20 Israeli Agents in the Arab World
• Chapter 21 The End of My Road at Mossad
• Chapter 22 Exploring a New Path
• Chapter 23 Rabin, Sharon and Me
• Chapter 24 Fish, Turkeys and Politics
• Chapter 25 Adviser for the War on Terror
• Chapter 26 Lebanon and the Palestinians
• Chapter 27 Jonathan Pollard: Spying on the USA
• Chapter 28 Israel Chemicals
• Chapter 29 Colombia and East Berlin
• Chapter 30 Fruitful Deals in Cuba
• Chapter 31 The Pensioners’ Party
• Chapter 32 My Political Vision
• Plate section