The Woman from Mossad: The Story of Mordechai Vanunu & the Israeli Nuclear Program

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Summary: An excellent piece of research
Review: (...) Hounam's book is a fine introduction. I recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about nuclear politics, and about nuclear weapons proliferation in the Mid East. Hounam's research has added some pieces of the puzzle, for example, how rogue parts of the US government supplied Israel with nuclear technology (for the control room of the Dimona reactor, in triplicate) in violation of official US policy. In other words the left hand of the US government hasn't known what the right hand has been up to. This insanity has helped produce the current crisis in the Middle East. For surely if anything has inspired Saddam Hussein and the leaders of Iran to acquire nukes and other weapons of mass destruction it is the Israeli example; which is one of deception and contempt for the international community.

Recently I received a letter from the nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu (who has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize every year since 1987). In it Morde asked me to send him a copy of Hounam's book. This tells you everything you need to know. Get it. You won't be disappointed. (...)

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Summary: nothing new in this book
Review: all facts are either published already or invented by the author. I really didn't read many good books about Israeli espionage, and the reason is probably that these guys are so devoted and secret, nobody can infiltrate them.
I'm waiting for Tom Clancey to write a good one about the Mosad.

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Summary: Get Ready for the Movie
Review: Get book and story. Its amazing what goes on in the secret world of government spying.

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Summary: Impressive!
Review: I think it's a very good book. The author's attempt to justify Vanunu's act is pretty much convincing. I think Morde has done the right thing. No country, especially a country in a status of war, should be authorized to purchase weapons, not to mention nuclear weapons!! If Israel's Dimona was established for peaceful purposes, as it (Israel) claims, then there should not be a reason to keep it secret! A very informative, resourceful book.

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Summary: I'm not Joining the Free Mordechai Vanunu campaign!
Review: Peter Hounam's stated purpose in writing this book was for us (the reader) to sympathize with Mordachai Vanunu the traitor that exposed Israeli's ambigious nuclear arms program. I for one did not fall for it! The Authors attempts to rationalize his activities as a rightious act but keeps the reader in a very narrow context historically, to me is paramont to imposing his view on others. I would of liked to seen a better geopolitical explamation of why he thought Israel should build such an impressive deterrent or not. Good book for those of us that can look beyond the author's narrow view points and left wing positions. If, I do anything on Mordachai's part it will to make sure that he stays in jail for his entire life and not embrace Peter Hounam's Mordachai Vanunu campaign to free him!

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Summary: Trash!
Review: Woman from Massad was written poorly, full of innuendos without facts, anti-israeli; a waste of my time.