Shadow Strike, Yaakov Katz
Shadow Strike, Yaakov Katz
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Shadow Strike
Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power

Author: Yaakov Katz

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Unabridged: 8 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/07/2019

Synopsis

The never-before-told inside story of how Israel stopped Syria from becoming a global nuclear nightmare―and its far-reaching implications On September 6, 2007, shortly after midnight, Israeli fighters advanced on Deir ez-Zour in Syria. Israel often flew into Syria as a warning to President Bashar al-Assad. But this time, there was no warning and no explanation. This was a covert operation, with one goal: to destroy a nuclear reactor being built by North Korea under a tight veil of secrecy in the Syrian desert.Shadow Strike tells, for the first time, the story of the espionage, political courage, military might and psychological warfare behind Israel’s daring operation to stop one of the greatest known acts of nuclear proliferation. It also brings Israel’s powerful military and diplomatic alliance with the United States to life, revealing the debates President Bush had with Vice President Cheney and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as well as the diplomatic and military planning that took place in the Oval Office, the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, and inside the IDF’s underground war room beneath Tel Aviv. These two countries remain united in a battle to prevent nuclear proliferation, to defeat Islamic terror, and to curtail Iran’s attempts to spread its hegemony throughout the Middle East. Yaakov Katz's Shadow Strike explores how this operation continues to impact the world we live in today and if what happened in 2007 is a sign of what Israel will need to do one day to stop Iran's nuclear program. It also asks: had Israel not carried out this mission, what would the Middle East look like today?

About Yaakov Katz

Yaakov Katz is Editor-in-Chief of The Jerusalem Post. He is a faculty member and lecturer at Harvard University’s Extension School where he teaches an advanced course in journalism. He previously served for close to a decade as the paper's military reporter and defense analyst and is the co-author of the books: The Weapon Wizards: How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower and Israel vs. Iran: The Shadow War. In 2012-2013, Katz was one of 12 international fellows to spend a year at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. Originally from Chicago, Katz also has a law degree from Bar Ilan University. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and four children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Eric_W

A common definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over while expecting different results each time. That is a good definition of Israeli-Arab relations. Katz, enamored of the Israeli armed forces, writes hagiographically about the Israeli strike on the Syrian nuclear plant in 2007. Ju......more

Goodreads review by Ron

An "inside" look at the Israelis decision in 2007 to destroy a Syrian nuclear facility at Deir ez-Zor. How they came to understand the Syrians and North Koreans were building this facility and what to do. They did inform the U.S. and President George W. Bush made the decision not to have the U.S. de......more

Goodreads review by Tejas

2.5 🌟 Picked this book after being thrilled by watching the documentary associated with the incident. But it lacks details since military secrets are classified, that's understandable . So the author fills the pages with boring information about politicians associated with the mission and other publ......more

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