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Through its professionalism, daring, and creativity, the Israeli Intelligence community has made important contributions to intelligence services around the world in the struggle against global terrorism. But how much is known about it? How does it work, and how was it built? Who were the leaders and driving forces of the community? What were the defining events in its history? What are its areas of activity what are the secrets of its success? Israel's Silent Defender is the first book of its kind an inside look at the Israeli intelligence community over the last sixty years. It is a compilation of the writings of those officers who served and some who still do in the highest positions of the Israeli intelligence community.

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Edited by Brigadier Generals (Res.) Gilboa and Lapid, this collection brings together the essays of former and current Israeli intelligence officials, discussing topics ranging from a comparison of the intelligence of the Six-Day War of 1967 and the Yom Kippur War of 1973, to The Role of Intelligence in the Battle for Hearts and Minds. In addition, the volume details the various sections of Israeli intelligence reputed to be among the best in the world. Responsible for covert actions outside of national borders, the Mossad is perhaps the best-known of all the branches, but the largest member of Israel s intelligence community is Israel Defense Intelligence (IDI), which includes departments overseeing VISINT (visual intelligence), SIGINT (electronics or signal intelligence), OSINT (open source intelligence), and HUMINT (human intelligence). There is also the super-secretive Israel Security Agency (aka Shabak), which is responsible for counterespionage, protecting the country s most important individuals, and preventing terrorism and subversion. Several essays even discuss the challenges ahead. Three appendices provide additional information not covered in the essays, such as a timeline, photos and short bios of heads of the Israeli Intelligence community, and brief write-ups on other pertinent topics. This is an extremely informative and specialized book, and as a result the bureaucratic writing can be tough to slog through. However, there are moments of general interest, such as Gilboas account of destroying half of Hezbollahs long-range rockets in one day, thanks to years of intelligence work. Photos. (Dec.) --Publishers Weekly

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In Israel s Silent Defender, Brigadier Generals (Res.) Amos Gilboa and Ephraim Lapid have compiled thirty-seven essays written by experts and leaders of Israeli intelligence, among them high-ranking analysts and J2s, commanders of human intelligence (HUMINT), signal intelligence (SIGINT), visual intelligence (VISINT) and open source intelligence (OSINT) units, and heads of the Israel Defense Intelligence (IDI), the Mossad and the Shabak. In Israel s Silent Defender, Brigadier Generals (Res.) Amos Gilboa and Ephraim Lapid have compiled thirty-seven essays written by experts and leaders of Israeli intelligence, among them high-ranking analysts and J2s, commanders of human intelligence (HUMINT), signal intelligence (SIGINT), visual intelligence (VISINT) and open source intelligence (OSINT) units, and heads of the Israel Defense Intelligence (IDI), the Mossad and the Shabak.

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