BY WAY OF DECEPTION: THE MAKING OF A MOSSAD OFFICER

Book ID/图书代码： 00110910B39826

English Summary/英文概要： The # 1 New York Times best seller the Israeli foreign intelligence agency The Mossad tried to ban. The making of a Mossad officer is the true story of an officer in Israel’s most secret agency. The first time the Mossad came calling, they wanted Victor Ostrovsky for their assassination unit, the kidon. He turned them down. The next time, he agreed to enter the grueling three-year training program to become a katsa, or intelligence case officer, for the legendary Israeli spy organization. By Way of Deception is the explosive chronicle of his experiences in the Mossad, and of two decades of their frightening and often ruthless covert activities around the world. Penetrating far deeper than the bestselling Every Spy a Prince, it is an insider’s account of Mossad tactics and exploits. In chilling detail, Ostrovsky asserts that the Mossad refused to share critical knowledge of a planned suicide mission in Beirut, leading to the death of hundreds of U.S. Marines and French troops. He tells how they tracked Yasser Arafat by recruiting his driver and bodyguard; how they withheld information on the whereabouts of American hostages, paving the way for the Iran-Contra scandal; and how their intervention into secret UN negotiations led to the sudden resignation of ambassador Andrew Young and the downfall of his career. By Way of Deception describes the shocking scope and depth of the Mossad’s influence, disclosing how Jewish communities in the U.S., Europe, and South America are armed and trained by the organization in secret ?self-defense? units, and how Mossad agents facilitate the drug trade in order to pay the enormous costs of its far-flung, clandestine operation. And it portrays a network that has grown dangerously out of control, as internal squabbles have led to the escape of terrorists and the pursuit of ?policies? completely at odds with the interests of the state of Israel. This document is possibly the most important and controversial book of its kind since Spycatcher.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是一本以色列情报部摩萨德都试图禁止的纽约时报畅销书。由其中的情报人员编撰了这个真实的故事，向人们展现了这个以色列最神秘的机构。一开始摩萨德打来电话，让Victor Ostrovsky参与到他们的暗杀活动中，但是他拒绝了。下一次，他同意进入艰苦的三年培训计划，成为katsa，或为传说中的以色列间谍组织的情报人员的情况。第二次，他终于同意进入到这个机构，参加为期三年的疾苦培训，最终成为一名 katsa，或是一名情报人员，为传说中的以色列间谍组织服务。《骗局》一书讲述了作者在摩萨德任职期间的体会，他度过了二十年的恐惧生活，在这期间，他还要常常奔赴世界各地展开残酷的行动。本书包含的内容比畅销书《高级间谍》更加深刻，这是一位内部知情者对于摩萨德策略和壮大秘密的揭晓。其中一个令人战栗的情节，就是Ostrovsky声称， 因为摩萨德当年拒绝分享贝鲁特自杀任务的详细计划，导致数百名美军，海军陆战队员和法国军队士兵的死亡。他讲述了他们是如何通过应征Yasser Arafat的司机和保镖来跟踪他的一举一动；如何套出了美国被扣留人质的下落，从而为伊朗门丑闻铺就了前路；以及如何介入到联合国秘密谈判中，以致大使Andrew Young突然辞职，导致他的职业生涯垮台。通过生动的描写讲述了摩萨德组织令人震惊的涉及范围以及深刻的影响力，披露了犹太人在美国，欧洲，以及南美洲被组织武装和培训成秘密防卫部队的境况，其中还揭示摩萨德为了支付其广泛，庞大的暗箱操作所带来的巨额费用，行使毒品交易的内幕。本书描绘出了一个不断滋生恐怖的庞大组织，内部的争端导致了恐怖分子的逃逸和警方的不断追查，影响了以色列的国家形象。本书或许是自《间谍捕快》出现后，迄今为止最重要的一本，但同时也是一本颇受争议的著作。(兼职翻译-PXD)

Awards/获奖情况：情报机构永远都不要试图去禁止对自己不利的书籍。当年Peter Wright的《间谍捕快》（Penguin出版社，美国，1987），刚一出版就受到了英国政府的镇压，然而这本由一名前摩萨德katsa撰写，以以色列传奇间谍组织为主题的著作，目前已经被列入了纽约时报的畅销书名单上。在所有备受争议的描述中，以色列之所以下达禁令（随后迅速地被美国和加拿大推翻）是因为 Ostrovsky在书中指控摩萨德拒绝分享贝鲁特自杀任务的详细计划，结果导致了美国海军陆战队241名队员牺牲的事件。另一个纽约时报的畅销书作者，Dan Raviv 和Yossi Melman的《高级间谍》 ( LJ 7/90)，涉及了更多有关以色列间谍组织的信息。----Wilda Wil liams，《图书馆杂志》

About the Author/作者介绍： Victor Ostrovsky出生于加拿大，成长于以色列。十八岁那一年，他成为了以色列军队中最年轻军官，随后又晋升于海军少校，负责海军军事演习的事宜。1982-1986期间，他担任摩萨德的任务负责人。Victor目前居住在美国亚利桑那州的斯科茨代尔，在这里，他从事自己喜爱的绘画事业，还在斯科茨代尔的老镇上开了一家画廊。

Victor Ostrovsky was born in Canada and raised in Israel. At eighteen he became the youngest officer in the Israeli military at the time, eventually rising to the rank of lieutenant commander in charge of naval weapons testing. He was a Mossad case officer from 1982-1986. Victor Currently lives in Scottsdale Arizona where he paints and has an art gallery in old town Scottsdale.

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