Bibliograph

Raid on the sun, inside Israel's secret campaign that denied Saddam the bomb, Rodger W. Claire

Type

Label

Raid on the sun, inside Israel's secret campaign that denied Saddam the bomb, Rodger W. Claire

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-249) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Raid on the sun

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Rodger W. Claire

Sub title

inside Israel's secret campaign that denied Saddam the bomb

Summary

Chronicles the planning and execution of Israel's 1981 mission to destroy Iraq's French-built nuclear reactor, which gave the country the ability to create an atomic bomb, and describes the action's aftermath and its impact on international politics years later

Table Of Contents

The road to Babylon -- Terror of the Tigris -- Mission impossible -- The warriors -- The waiting -- Wheels-up -- Sixty seconds over Baghdad -- Check six -- Blowback

Target audience

adult

Classification