Vosstan' i ubei pervym. Tainaia istoriia izrail'skikh tochechnykh likvidatsii - Bergman R.

The Israeli security services are one of the most secretive organizations on earth, provided by a complex system of laws and regulations, strict military censorship, as well as intimidation, interrogation and criminal prosecution of journalists and their sources, as well as solidarity and loyalty of the personnel. Before Ronen Bergman undertook his investigative journalism, which resulted in this monumental work, all attempts to look behind the scenes of dramatic events in which one of the main roles played by Israel, were at best episodic. None of the thousands of interviews on which this book is based, given by a wide variety of people, from political leaders and intelligence chiefs to ordinary operatives, has ever received the approval of Israel's military elite, and none of the thousands of documents that these people were handed over to Bergman, were not allowed to make public. A huge amount of previously classified data is published in this book for the first time.

The book was included in the new York Times bestseller list, as well as the list of the 10 best books of the New York Times, named among the best books of the year by The New York Times Book Review, BBC History Magazine, Mother Jones, Kirkus Reviews, won the National Jewish Award, won the National Jewish Award, won the National Jewish Award. Book Award (History).