Israels Secret Wars: A History of
Israels Intelligence Services by
Benny Morris
A Friend's Book
A comprehensive history of all three of Israels intelligence services, from
their origins in the 1930s to the present, chronicles the mistakes and the
triumphs of their three spy services, including the raid on Entebbe.
Original.
Personal Review: Israels Secret Wars: A History of Israels
Intelligence Services by Benny Morris
In Israel's Secret Wars Ian Black and Benny Morris explore the "secret"
wars Israel fought against its Arab and Palestinian foes from the pre-state
institutions of the Yishuv to 1990. They begin with the earliest
manifestations of an intelligence service in the attempts of the Jewish
Agency's Arab Department, following the Arab revolt of the 1930s, to keep
files on Arab affairs. These note cards stored in a file cabinets became the

cornerstone of Israel's espionage industry. With the founding of the state,
Black and Morris take us through the evolution of these cards into the
Mossad (the equivalent of the CIA) and the Shin Bet (roughly equivalent to
the FBI) and their challenges in the Sinai Campaign of 1956, the Six Days
War of 1967, occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, the Yom Kippur War
of 1973, the struggle against Palestinian terrorism in the 1970s, both in
Israel and abroad, and the Intifada in the late 80s. The book is seemingly
exhaustive in its use of available sources, is well written and generally non-
judgmental, keeping its conclusions close to the "facts." Overall it is the
kind of scholarship we have come to expect from a first class historian like
Benny Morris.
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