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Argentina 1960 A car speeds through the streets of Buenos Aires Inside are four Israeli secret agents and their prisoner one of the most notorious war criminals of Nazi Germany The Mossad operatives need to get this man Adolf Eichmann back to Israel to be tried for his crimes Holding Eichmanns head in his lap is the leader of this ambitious mission Rafi Eitan whom Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later described as one of the heroes of Israeli intelligence

In this detailed memoir Rafi Eitan tells the story of his remarkable life and career as an elite soldier and spymaster He describes how as a teenager he smuggled Jewish refugees into Palestine as part of the Palmach unit and how as a spy in the newly established Mossad he swam through sewers to blow up a British radar station earning the name Rafi the Stinker He goes on to describe in detail his involvement in the extraordinary hunt for the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann Eitans espionage career eventually ended over his involvement in the controversial Jonathan Pollard espionage affair which sparked intense debate over Israels relations with the US

Packed with new insights into Eitans role at the heart of Israeli military this is a mustlisten for anyone interested in espionage history and the daring operation to capture Adolf Eichmann