The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel

The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel

A gripping feat of reportage that exposesâ€”for the first time in Englishâ€”the sensational life and mysterious death of Ashraf Marwan, an Egyptian senior official who spied for Israel, offering new insight into the turbulent modern history of the Middle East.As the son-in-law of Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and a close advisor to his successor, Anwar Sadat, Ashraf Marwan had access to the deepest secrets of the countryâ€™s government. But Marwan himself had a secret: He was a spy for the Mossad, Israelâ€™s intelligence service. Under the codename â€œThe Angel,â€ Marwan turned Egypt into an open book for the Israeli intelligence servicesâ€”and, by alerting the Mossad in advance of the joint Egyptian-Syrian attack on Yom Kippur, saved Israel from a devastating defeat.Drawing on meticulous research and interviews with many key participants, Uri Bar Joseph pieces together Marwanâ€™s story. In the process, he sheds new light on this volatile time in modern Egyptian and Middle Eastern history, culminating in 2011â€™s Arab Spring. The Angel also chronicles the discord within the Israeli government that brought down Prime Minister Golda Meir.However, this nail-biting narrative doesnâ€™t end with Israelâ€™s victory in the Yom Kippur War. Marwan eluded Egyptâ€™s ruthless secret services for many years, but then somebody talked. Five years later, in 2007, his body was found in the garden of his London apartment building. Police suspected he had been thrown from his fifth-floor balcony, and thanks to explosive new evidence, Bar-Joseph can finally reveal who, how, and why.
Country USA
Manufacturer Harper
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-08-02
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Harper
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-08-02
Format	Kindle eBook

The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel

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