Mohammed Ayoob
Security, Middle East
Targeted assassinations, even if masterfully conducted, are likely to remain irrelevant to the larger strategic picture.
Israeli investigative journalist Ronen Bergman’s Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations is a remarkable work of nonfiction. Written like a fast-paced thriller, it provides a detailed history and analysis of almost all of Israel’s major (successful and unsuccessful) attempts to assassinate its presumed enemies.