Восстань и убей первым. Тайная история израильских точечных ликвидаций

Izrailʹskie spet͡ssluzhby - odna iz samykh sekretnykh organizat͡siĭ na zemle, chto obespechivaetsi͡a slozhnoĭ sistemoĭ zakonov i instrukt͡siĭ, strogoĭ voennoĭ t͡senzuroĭ, a takzhe zapugivaniem, doprosami i ugolovnym presledovaniem zhurnalistov i ikh istochnikov, ravno kak i solidarnostʹi͡u i loi͡alʹnostʹi͡u lichnogo sostava. Do togo, kak Ronen Bergman predprini͡al svoe zhurnalistskoe rassledovanie, rezulʹtatom kotorogo i stal ėtot monumentalʹnyĭ trud, vse popytki zagli͡anutʹ za kulisy dramaticheskikh sobytiĭ, v kotorykh odnu iz glavnykh roleĭ igral Izrailʹ, byli v luchshem sluchae ėpizodicheskimi. Ni odno iz tysi͡ach intervʹi͡u, na kotorykh osnovana ėta kniga, dannykh samymi raznymi li͡udʹmi, ot politicheskikh liderov i rukovoditeleĭ spet͡ssluzhb do prostykh operativnikov, nikogda ne poluchalo odobrenii͡a voennoĭ ėlity Izraili͡a, i ni odin iz tysi͡ach dokumentov, kotorye ėtimi li͡udʹmi byli peredany Bergmanu, ne byli razresheny k obnarodovanii͡u. Ogromnoe kolichestvo prezhde zasekrechennykh dannykh publikui͡utsi͡a v ėtoĭ knige vpervye.Kniga voshla v spisok bestsellerov gazety New York Times, a takzhe v spisok 10 luchshikh knig New York Times, nazvana v chisle luchshikh knig goda izdanii͡ami The New York Times Book Review, BBC History Magazine, Mother Jones, Kirkus Reviews, zavoevala premii͡u National Jewish Book Award (History).

The Israeli security services are one of the most secret organizations on earth, which is ensured 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 the solidarity and loyalty of the personnel. Before Ronen Bergman launched his investigative journalism, which resulted in this monumental work, all attempts to look behind the scenes of dramatic events in which Israel played a major role 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 leaders to ordinary operatives, has ever received the approval of the Israeli military elite, and none of the thousands of documents that these people were given to Bergman were allowed to be made 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 in 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, and won the National Jewish Book Award (History).