Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad Book

This is an interesting book to review. While I learned quite a bit from this book, I take issue with the fill-in-the-gap nature that the author of this book takes when he doesn't have evidence to present with the assertions that he makes. There is no doubt that the author harbors an anti-Israeli bias and this tone is evident throughout the book. I am willing to read books and objectively consider the evidence at hand regardless of my preconceived beliefs. In first reading this book, I expected the book to be one in which facts and evidence was presented of past actions of the Mossad. There is no doubt that the Mossad has been responsible for assassinations and other forms of sabotage so simply presenting the evidence and the facts is what I expected this book would be of. Throughout the book, the author speculates and inserts his own beliefs and conspiracy theories rather than simply presenting the evidence at hand. He does this often by "raising questions" and making speculations. Not to mention that footnotes of his claims are not provided. Again, there is no doubt that there is truth to many of the stories that the author shares. Still, some of the claims are pure conspiracy theories. For example, he speculates that the Mossad or the CIA had a hand in the Pan-AM terrorist attack. He also likes to rely on anonymous sources and his own insinuations and beliefs based on not evidence. This is what makes many of the claims of the author questionable. I am not Israeli nor Jewish. I am Iranian-American atheist. I simply wanted to learn of the facts with evidence rather than the tangents that the author goes off in many directions. The editing was also poorly done with many grammar mistakes. This book was an interesting read indeed. It simply is one in which the conclusion of the cases he presents were often time muddied by his tangents that were more often than not his own speculations devoid of evidence.