A review by amarj33t_5ingh
Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations by Ronen Bergman

5.0

What makes Bergman's Rise And Kill First: The Secret History Of Israel's Targeted Assassinations decisively groundbreaking is the fact that Bergman provides a very immersive, and profoundly intimate glimpse inside the clandestine world of Mossad-seemingly the world's most effective Intelligence Service.

Bergman's primary source here is none other than the late Meir Dagan, the 10th Director of Mossad who transformed it from an antiquated and obsolete agency into a state-of-the-art espionage body capable of carrying out targeted assassinations.

And targeted assassinations form the crux of Bergman's history. The reader is shown the legal framework behind the system and the moral and ethical dilemmas arising from the practice which all branches of the Israeli military grapples with.

A very simple to comprehend and page turning biography of Israel's premier defense force.