{"product_id":"spies-of-no-country-paperback","title":"Spies of No Country - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatti Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Wondrous . . . Compelling . . . Piercing.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Award-winning writer Matti Friedman's tale of Israel's first spies has all the tropes of an espionage novel, including duplicity, betrayal, disguise, clandestine meetings, the bluff, and the double bluff--but it's all true.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Journalist and award-winning author Matti Friedman's tale of Israel's first spies reads like an espionage novel--but it's all true. The four agents at the center of this story were part of a ragtag unit known as the Arab Section, conceived during World War II by British spies and Jewish militia leaders in Palestine. Intended to gather intelligence and carry out sabotage operations, the unit consisted of Jews who were native to the Arab world and could thus easily assume Arab identities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In 1948, with Israel's existence hanging in the balance, these men went undercover in Beirut, where they spent the next two years operating out of a newsstand, collecting intelligence and sending messages back to Israel via a radio whose antenna was disguised as a clothesline. Of the dozen spies in the Arab Section at the war's outbreak, five were caught and executed. But in the end, the Arab Section would emerge as the nucleus of the Mossad, Israel's vaunted intelligence agency.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eSpies of No Country\u003c\/em\u003e is about the slippery identities of these young spies, but it's also about the complicated identity of Israel, a country that presents itself as Western but in fact has more citizens with Middle Eastern roots and traditions, like the spies of this narrative. Meticulously researched and masterfully told, \u003cem\u003eSpies of No Country\u003c\/em\u003e is an eye-opening look at the paradoxes of the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatti Friedman's 2016 book \u003ci\u003ePumpkinflowers \u003c\/i\u003ewas chosen as a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and as one of Amazon's 10 Best Books of the Year. It was selected as one of the year's best by \u003ci\u003eBooklist, Mother Jones, Foreign Affairs, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e National Post, \u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Aleppo Codex, \u003c\/i\u003e won the 2014 Sami Rohr Prize, the ALA's Sophie Brody Medal, and the Canadian Jewish Book Award for history. A former Associated\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ePress correspondent, Friedman has reported from Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Moscow, the Caucasus, and Washington, DC, and his writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003ethe New York Times, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. Friedman grew up in Toronto and now lives with his family in Jerusalem. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46113926873274,"sku":"9781643750439","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/5727\/8650\/files\/5Uytpz2Zlx9781643750439.webp?v=1783392530","url":"https:\/\/thebookloversatlas.com\/products\/spies-of-no-country-paperback","provider":"The Book Lover's Atlas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}